How to Access Member-Only Content on MS NOW

MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) separates some of its coverage from the free site: the homepage promotes "full access to exclusive coverage and member-only content," and membership is the stated route to it. If you only need headlines and live updates, the public pages already carry those. If you want the exclusive reporting and the live Q&A sessions the site advertises, you need a membership — and the site itself is where the current terms, benefits, and sign-up flow live.

What the free site already gives you

Before deciding whether to join, it helps to know what you get without any membership. Based on the ms.now homepage, the open site includes:

• Breaking news and daily headlines, including local and world coverage
• Live updates on developing stories (for example, a Senate debate and fuel-price updates were running as timestamped items)
• Opinion and analysis pieces from named columnists and blogs
• Live audio and video, per the site's own description of its offering
• Show pages under a "More Shows" section

So membership is not the price of admission to news. It is the layer on top.

What membership is advertised to include

The homepage makes two specific promises about member content:

1. "Full access to exclusive coverage and member-only content" — reporting and articles that are not published on the open site.
2. Upcoming live Q&A — the site lists "Velshi & Ruhle: Full Disclosure," described as a weekly Wednesday session where Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle answer questions about money, power, and politics. The listing shows a specific upcoming time (12:00 PM EDT) and is presented alongside the membership prompt.

The page does not spell out a full benefits list, a price, or a trial offer. Those details are not in the material available here, so treat any specific figure you see elsewhere as something to verify on the site itself.

How to get access

The homepage presents two adjacent calls to action: "Become a Member" and "Join now." The practical path is:

1. Go to ms.now.
2. Look for the membership prompt in the area where the exclusive-coverage message and the live Q&A listing appear.
3. Select "Become a Member" or "Join now" and complete the sign-up flow the site presents.
4. Once signed in as a member, member-only articles and the live Q&A access should appear under the same account.

Because the sign-up flow, any account requirements, and any payment steps are handled on the site, follow whatever it shows you at the point of joining rather than relying on secondhand descriptions.

Deciding whether it's worth it

A reasonable test: read the free site for a week. If you keep hitting the member-only boundary on stories you actually want, or if the Wednesday Q&A is the kind of thing you'd attend, the membership is aimed at you. If the headlines and live updates cover your needs, you can stay on the open site without losing anything you were using.

Common snags

• Confusing the brand change with a paywall change. MS NOW is the former MSNBC; the membership layer described on the homepage is a content-access feature, not a rename artifact.
• Assuming a price or free trial. The available page material does not state pricing or trial terms. Check the sign-up page for current conditions.
• Looking for a benefits list that isn't published. The homepage names exclusive coverage and live Q&A. If you need a complete benefits breakdown before joining, that is a question for the site's membership page or support, not something the homepage answers.