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{{short description|Collection of Internet sites}} {{About|the website and apps|the Internet service provider|MSN Dial-up|other uses|MSN (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox website | logo = 2024 new msn logo.svg | screenshot = MSN web screenshot.png | caption = Current home page in November 2024 | url = {{URL|https://www.msn.com/|msn.com}} | commercial = Mixed | type = [[Web portal]] | registration = Optional | owner = [[Microsoft]] | name = MSN | area_served = Worldwide | language = | programming_language = [[ASP.NET]]<ref name="roadchap">{{cite web|url=http://rogchap.com/2011/09/06/top-40-website-programming-languages/ |title=Top 40 Website Programming Languages |work=roadchap.com |author=Roger Chapman |access-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927184557/http://rogchap.com/2011/09/06/top-40-website-programming-languages/ |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref> | launch_date = {{start date and age|1995|8|24}} | current_status = Active }} '''MSN''' is a [[web portal]] and related collection of [[Internet]] services and [[Mobile app|apps]] provided by [[Microsoft]]. The main webpage provides news, weather, sports, finance and other content curated from hundreds of different sources that Microsoft has partnered with.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2014 |author=Josh Kolm |title=The new MSN gets away from the desktop |website=[[Media of Canada]] |url=https://mediaincanada.com/2014/09/09/the-new-msn-gets-away-from-the-desktop/ |access-date=2025-01-22}}</ref> MSN is based in the United States and offers international versions of its portal for dozens of countries around the world;<ref name="msnworldwide">{{cite web |title=MSN Worldwide |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/msn-worldwide |access-date=April 10, 2015 |website=MSN}}</ref> its dedicated app is currently available for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] systems. MSN originally launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of [[Windows 95]],<ref name="about-timeline">{{cite web |url=http://webtrends.about.com/od/profi3/p/Microsoft-bio.htm |title=Microsoft timeline and profile |publisher=[[About.com]] Web Trends |access-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-date=June 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619222134/http://webtrends.about.com/od/profi3/p/Microsoft-bio.htm }}</ref> as a subscription-based [[dial-up]] [[online service]] called '''The Microsoft Network'''; this later became an [[Internet service provider]] named [[MSN Dial-up]]. At the same time, the company launched a new web portal named '''Microsoft Internet Start''' and set it as the first default [[home page]] of [[Internet Explorer]], its [[web browser]]. In 1998, Microsoft renamed and moved this web portal to the [[domain name]] '''www.msn.com''', where it has remained since.<ref name="msn96ecom">{{cite web |title=MSN works to find its focus |url=http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/734/Microsoft-Network-MSN-MSN-WORKS-FIND-ITS-FOCUS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606060442/http://ecommerce.hostip.info/pages/734/Microsoft-Network-MSN-MSN-WORKS-FIND-ITS-FOCUS.html |archive-date=June 6, 2007 |access-date=August 7, 2009}}</ref> Microsoft subsequently used the "MSN" brand name for [[list of services by MSN|a wide variety of products and services]] over the years, notably [[Hotmail]] (later [[Outlook.com]]), [[Windows Live Messenger|Messenger]] (which was once synonymous with "MSN" in [[Internet slang]]), and its [[web search engine]], which is now [[Bing (search engine)|Bing]], and several other rebranded and discontinued services. In 2014, Microsoft reworked and relaunched the MSN website and suite of apps offered.<ref name="msn2014relaunch">{{cite news |last=Bishop|first=Todd |date=September 30, 2014 |title=MSN's rebirth brings Microsoft's new approach into focus |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2014/msns-rebirth-brings-microsofts-new-approach-focus|newspaper=GeekWire|access-date=October 1, 2014 }}</ref>
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