Forget about support groups, posses and circles of friends. The first advertising sales deal for a new unit of NBC Universal -- signed with Wal-Mart S...
AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 07.06.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., end...
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
Good news for NBC U: they're not GE's (GE) only problem anymore. Bad news for GE: CEO Jeff Immelt suddenly sounded like the just another American CEO,...
Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
GE just missed its Q1, by a lot, and lowered estimates for 2008. First reports are pinning the blame on its financial services businesses. But don't ...
New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media
NBC Universal signed one of its top cable network executives, Bonnie Hammer, to a new contract Monday while also expanding her duties to include contr...
New York Times | Bill Carter | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business
Now hear this: NBC Universal is not for sale. No how, no way. Jeffrey R. Immelt, left, the chairman of General Electric, and Jeff Zucker, the preside...
New York Times | Eric Pfanner | Posted 01.23.2008 | Media
, the chief executive of NBC Universal, said Tuesday the broadcaster was moving to save as much as $50 million a year by reducing its reliance on expe...
Wall Street Journal | LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
After a slow start, the Sundance Film Festival picked up speed yesterday as Focus Features snagged the comedy "Hamlet 2" for a near record $10 million...
Reuters | Paul Thomasch | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business
Media company Landmark Communications said on Thursday it was exploring the sale of its publishing and television businesses including cable network T...
Reuters | Paul Bond | Posted 11.28.2007 | Media
For the next several years, NBC Universal will rely on TiVo to tell it how television viewers are using their digital video recorders and, presumably,...
Laurie David and Gene Karpinski | Posted 11.13.2007 | Media
So here we are at the tail-end of a year-long primary campaign and the media has largely failed to ask difficult and direct questions about one of the greatest challenges we've ever faced.
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.07.2007 | Living
Kermit's cameo is part of NBC Universal's newest environmental campaign, "Green is Universal."
Ron Galloway | Posted 10.30.2007 | Media
If NBC had better shows, maybe they would have made more money on iTunes.
Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 10.15.2007 | Media
Hours after NBC Universal said it would sell its storied NBC Studios in Burbank, late-night talk show host Jay Leno offered his take on the news from ...
Financial Times | Francesco Guerrera, Joshua Chaffin, Aline Van Duyn | Posted 10.11.2007 | Business
The fate of NBC Universal, General Electric's entertainment unit, will be decided only after the Beijing Olympics, with executives at the US conglomer...
AP | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media
NBC Universal said Tuesday it is buying female-oriented cable television network Oxygen Media for approximately $925 million. Excluding financial ass...
Advertising Age | Ira Teinowitz | Posted 09.27.2007 | Media
NBC Universal is expanding a ban on ads promoting unhealthy food from its Qubo block of original children's programming to similar shows on the local ...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
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When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
New York Times | Stuart Elliott | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media