Hoping to connect with young, female Today Show viewers, NBCU launched TodayMoms, a stand-alone site featuring parenting videos and photos, and incorporating the Today Show's allDAY blog (under the MSNBC logo; its archives go back to 2007) as well as its own branded mom-blog. Today Show anchors Meredith Viera, Ann Curry, Natalie Morales and Amy Robach write for the site. It will also be available as an iPhone app.  

NBC Universal, which own the Today Show, also owns the recently relaunched iVillage. Yet, TodayMoms features no tie-in or cross-promotion with iVillage. As of now, visitors to TodayMoms are not directed to iVillage, nor vice-versa.Continue reading...

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