Editing MSN (section)

=== MSN app ===
{{Main|Microsoft Start}}
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'''MSN''' (previously named '''Microsoft Start''' and '''Microsoft News''') is a [[news aggregator]] and service that featured news headlines and articles chosen by editors. Development of the initial Microsoft News app began in May 2012, ahead of the [[Windows #Release|Windows 8 Release Preview]]. It officially launched alongside Windows 8 on October 26, 2012.

The app includes sections for top stories, U.S., world, money, technology, entertainment, opinion, sports, and crime, along with other miscellaneous stories. It allows users to set their own personalized favorite topics and sources, receive notifications of breaking news through alerts, filter preferred news sources, and alter font sizes to make articles easier to read.<ref name="WindowsCentral">{{cite news|last=Rubino|first=Daniël|title=Microsoft announces Bing Apps for Windows Phone 8, bringing News, Weather, Sports and Finance to the small screen [Updated]|url=http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-announces-bing-apps-windows-phone-8|newspaper=Windows Central|date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>

Originally, Start included an RSS feed, but that capability was removed; Microsoft currently only allows users to subscribe to specified news sources, thereby curating news.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windowscentral.com/msn-news-windows-10-now-lets-you-add-select-media-sources-fast-ring|title=MSN News for Windows 10 now lets you add select media sources (Fast Ring)|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> Start uses the chaseable live tile feature introduced in the [[Windows 10 Anniversary Update]]. If a user clicks on the Microsoft News Start menu tile when a particular story is shown, the user will see a link to that story at the top of the app when it launches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmsft.com/news/heres-whats-coming-live-tiles-notifications-windows-10|title=Chasable Live Tiles, Adaptive notifications, improved Action Center coming to Windows 10 – On MSFT|date=April 1, 2016}}</ref>

In November 2024, Microsoft decided to retire the "Microsoft Start" branding and bring back the '''MSN''' name. According to [[Windows Central]], the company stated that this update was meant to simplify branding while keeping all existing functionalities unchanged.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowden |first=Zac |date=2024-11-11 |title=Microsoft revives MSN brand with fresh new logo for 2024 — retires "Microsoft Start" branding |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-revives-msn-brand-with-fresh-new-logo-for-2024-it-moves-away-from-microsoft-start |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Windows Central |language=en}}</ref>