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Saturday will mark the end of an era for MSNBC as the liberal cable network moves forward under new ownership and a new name: MS NOW .

The media shakeup was nearly a year in the making after Comcast announced it would spin off its cable networks into its own company called Versant, separating MSNBC from its sister broadcast network NBC, which will remain under the NBCUniversal umbrella.

The looming split led to many burning questions about MSNBC's future, including how it would operate without NBC News' resources, who gets what in the corporate divorce, and whether MSNBC could even keep its name.

MSNBC'S 'RISKY' REBRAND TO MS NOW DRAWS SKEPTICISM FROM BRANDING EXPERTS

Here is what to know ahead of MS NOW's launch:

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