NBC Universal Earnings Drop 45 Percent In Q1

AllThingsD:

The bad news for NBC Universal: The TV & movie powerhouse saw earnings drop 45 percent in the last quarter. The good news: The GE unit says that if you stripped out one-time costs, charges, etc, it would have only been down something like 15% - 25%. That's right: For media conglomerates this quarter, down 20% is the new up.

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Comments

[Witchitalineman]

11:09 AM on 04/18/2009

Hey, hire me. I'll improve your ratings. This baldheaded white male is completely out of touch with what the public wants to see. He should have been canned a long time ago.

[BOin08]

11:07 AM on 04/18/2009

MSNBC jumped the shark with thier teabag pig piling...O­lbermann, Shuster and Maddow's drunken stumble down fraternity row cost them the sober adult audience-t­hat's why they're in a ratings freefall. Shame, too, because we counted on them for the insightful­, thoughtful commentary­. Unfortunat­ely, the tea bagging vulgarity showed us who they really are...just shallow elitists too eager to poke fun at those different from themselves­. And after a promising start, Rach's ratings are now falling faster than KO's chins. Stay away from the cutter folks, and stcik to the real issues.

[jordan3189]

10:22 AM on 04/18/2009

Maybe they should move a little bit more to the left. LOL

[MGERSOVITZ]

09:47 AM on 04/18/2009

On MSNBC do they still get chills running up their legs when Obama speaks.

[JakeMontero]

08:41 AM on 04/18/2009

time for a shakeup at NBC. But please dont compare them to Faux...

[jordan3189]

10:19 AM on 04/18/2009

You'd have to have at least a blip on the ratings scale to do that.

[jimrs6]

10:12 PM on 04/17/2009

More prison programmin­g!!

[TalkTalkTAlk]

10:08 PM on 04/17/2009

Kick out Fallon? you mean he's still on?

[nogimmicks]

08:48 PM on 04/17/2009

They just need to kick out Fallon

[HC4BO]

05:56 PM on 04/17/2009

Faux News just came in their pants ...

[jimrs6]

10:11 PM on 04/17/2009

"Faux News". You are so clever.

[TJCole]

05:20 PM on 04/17/2009

Tom Brokaw it must have been Tom Brokaw...

[davidwayneosedach]

04:50 PM on 04/17/2009

It's bonus time!

[BBackSoon]

02:57 PM on 04/17/2009

Earnings drop? That is money correct?

So advertiser­s are not plunking down the big bucks is that correct? This is tenuously related to ratings correct? Not directly related, but related by what the advertiser­s are willing to pay, correct?

My only comment and idea is to make MSNBC a real Cable News Network. 24/7 news (and opinion) and dump the crime and prison stuff someplace else. But that is for selfish reasons.

[HarlemFreeThought]

01:44 PM on 04/17/2009

Since the Rosie O'Donnell Thanksgivi­ng Eve Special , down, down, down.

[sleeperd]

08:08 PM on 04/17/2009

You do realize, don't you, that Rosie O'Donnell is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in drag??

[mjb5406]

01:28 PM on 04/17/2009

All of the NBC Universal properties (networks like NBC, USA, Bravo, SciFi/SyFy­, MSNBC, CNBC) are on the skids. SciFi lost its way long ago, deciding to air really bad movies, reruns of old shows, and WRESTLING! Plus, Universal Home Entertainm­ent is in a legal skirmish with Redbox, who it's trying to stop from renting its movies for $1 a night. They also charge 99 cents to view an OnDemand showing of their series like Law & Order (no other networks do that). Bottom line... they are competely out of touch with the viewers and consumers. No surprise that they lose so much money.

[rejoiceinit]

02:57 PM on 04/17/2009

Gosh, sometimes it helps when you read--- the article notes that it's the local nbc networks that are on the skids--the­ir cable networks (USA, Bravo, MSNBC and CNBC) are strong.

[Witchitalineman]

11:10 AM on 04/18/2009

Other than Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow I might agree. CNN is worse.

[MeyeK66]

12:43 PM on 04/17/2009

NBC and MSNBC is down and out and is going the way of the newspaper industry!!­!! When you have crooks running the circus the circus will close!!!!