If you go to http://beta.msn.com/ you will see a cleaner, slicker version of the MSN homepage. Not sure if it has been live for a while, probably has, but a new thread on the topic at WebmasterWorld.
Here are snapshots, you can click on them to enlarge. Notice on the new MSN Beta, if you go to it, you can "Add Content from MSN" to it. Now it doesn't look to pretty in my Apple Safari browser, but it is in beta.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

Comments:
gary price
12/25/2005 05:45 pm
This is far from new. We've been blogging about changes to the MSN portal homepage since August of this year. See: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051111-212727 and http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050825-160803
jennifer
02/02/2008 05:52 am
hey! my up msn there how to do nices???