NBC News announced yesterday that "NBC Nightly News" - the top-ranked single source of news and information in the U.S - would become the first network newscast to be offered on the web, free and in its entirety, beginning November 7 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, at Nightly.MSNBC.com. Past broadcasts will be archived on the site. "Consumers are increasingly getting their news online…we're giving [them] the flexibility to watch the program on their own schedule, on whatever medium they choose," said Charlie Tillinghast, president of MSNBC.com.

Already offering individual segments from "Nightly News," "Today," "Dateline," "Meet the Press," MSNBC TV and original programs, MSNBC.com served more than 75 million videos in September. "Nightly News" is the first program to be offered daily, in its entirety, on the site.

MSNBC.com attracts nearly one-third of all online news consumers, averaging more than 23 million unique users per month - triple that of ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com and FOXNews.com, according to NBC.