NBC News

NBC News
News division ofNBC
Key peopleRebecca Blumenstein (President)
FoundedFebruary 21, 1940 (1940-02-21)
Headquarters30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, U.S.
Major Bureaus
Area servedWorldwide
Broadcast programs
DivisionsNBC News International
Websitenbcnews.com
1959–1972 logo

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC. The division operates under NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, a division of NBCUniversal, which is, in turn, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. The news division's various operations report to the president of NBC News, Rebecca Blumenstein. The NBCUniversal News Group also comprises MSNBC, the network's 24-hour general news channel, business and consumer news channels CNBC and CNBC World, the Spanish language Noticias Telemundo and United Kingdom–based Sky News.[1]

NBC News aired the first regularly scheduled news program in American broadcast television history on February 21, 1940. The group's broadcasts are produced and aired from 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NBCUniversal's headquarters in New York City.

The division presides over America's number-one-rated newscast,[2] NBC Nightly News, the world's first of its genre morning television program, Today, and the longest-running television series in American history, Meet the Press, the Sunday morning program of newsmakers interviews. NBC News also offers 70 years of rare historic footage[3] from the NBCUniversal Archives online.

  1. ^ "Brands, NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA". www.nbcuniversal.com.
  2. ^ Masonhall, Erika (January 23, 2013). "'NBC Nightly News' Ratings Win" (Press release). Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "News Footage & Stock Video Footage". NBCUniversal Archives. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.