MSNBC has launched a new widget called the “News Scroller.”

It’s a customizable module that scrolls headlines from top to bottom based on a user’s category preferences. In keeping with MSNBC.com’s “spectrum” theme, the widget also allows users to assign custom colors to each category of news.

With the main site redesign completed, MSNBC.com has continued to create individual branded pages for other NBC properties using the MSNBC.com platform with the launch of a new NBCSports.com page.

The new site, found by entering the domain www.nbcsports.com or by clicking the “Sports” link on any MSNBC.com navigation menu, stays fairly well within the framework of the main MSNBC.com site, and boasts a dynamic top stories area and customizable modules for specific categories. Text links on the top of pages lead to in-season sports coverage from the site’s broadcast counterpart.

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