Can Elon Musk make a run at acquiring MSNBC? It would be a steep climb. One big reason: it isn’t for sale. Last week, Comcast said it was moving forward with a plan to spin off its NBCUniversal cable networks into a separate company.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., and Joe Rogan have joked about the idea of buying MSNBC after Comcast's spinoff announcement.

Elon Musk shared memes about buying MSNBC over the weekend after Comcast, MSNBC’s parent company, announced that it was spinning off its cable networks into a new company. On X, formerly known as Twitter, Donald Trump Jr. mentioned Musk in a post ...