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WATCH: Tom Brokaw on the NBC/Comcast Deal

Liz Glover | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media


Liz Glover

Tom Brokaw talks about media responsibility, age discrimination in broadcasting and the NBC/Comcast deal.

Universal Studios Unfazed By Comcast Deal

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media


UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Almost everywhere you look at Universal Studios Hollywood, there are signs flaunting the 5-year-old marriage of NBC and...

Comcast, NBC Deal: Comcast To Buy Controlling Stake In NBC Universal For $13.75 Billion

AP | DEBORAH YAO and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. The point...

Comcast, NBC Deal To Face Tough Antitrust Review

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media


WASHINGTON — Comcast Corp. will likely have to accept substantial conditions if the cable TV provider wants to win regulatory approval for contr...

Comcast's NBC Deal Price: $13.75 Billion

AP | DEBORAH YAO and STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 12.03.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Co., Th...

GE, Comcast Deal For NBC Universal Is Complete, Reports CNBC

Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


The deal between General Electric and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and there is nothing left to do but process paper, a...

GE, Vivendi Deal: General Electric To Buy Final 20% Of NBC Universal

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by French media conglomerate Vive...

NBC, Broadcast Pioneer, Prepares For Comcast Takeover

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast televi...

Too Big to Block? Why Obama Must Stop the Comcast-NBC Merger

Josh Silver | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media


Josh Silver

If President Obama really wants to change the system that green-lighted the bailout of "too big to fail" banks, he will have to overhaul federal antitrust laws so that they actually protect the greater good.

Jeff Zucker To Run Comcast-NBC Universal Joint Venture: Reuters

Reuters | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) and General Electric Co (GE.N) have agreed to make NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker the head of their proposed joint venture, but ...

GE, Comcast Agree: NBC Valued At $30 Billion

Reuters | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal ...

Comcast-NBC Deal Close: NYT

New York Times | MICHAEL J. De La MERCED | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media


General Electric and the cable giant Comcast have moved closer to a deal giving control of NBC Universal to Comcast, and a formal announcement could b...

Astoria Characters: The Madcap Moviemaker

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.02.2009 | New York


Nancy Ruhling

When the DVD starts, so does the laughter. Anastasios Makedon must have watched his first film a million times. But every time he sees it again, it cracks him up.

Peter Chernin Advising Comcast On NBCU Bid

New York Times | TIM ARANGO | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Peter A. Chernin, the former president of the News Corporation and one of the most prominent media executives not tethered to a major conglomerate, is...

AmEx and NBC Shine A Light On Small Businesses (VOTE)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Impact


American Express has partnered with NBC Universal for Shine a Light, a campaign to celebrate small businesses. The entrepreneurial spirit and resilien...

What Will Happen To Jeff Zucker If GE Makes NBC Deal?

Reuters | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker could be about to get a new boss -- and asked to explain a three-year run when his company expanded its cable business a...

Oh, the Hypocrisy! The Vote To Regulate the Internet as More Media Consolidation Looms

Art Brodsky | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media


Art Brodsky

If the Knight Commission thinks there's a problem with news and information getting through to the public now, just wait until the Internet and news sources become even more consolidated.

Comcast and NBC Universal: Antitrust Apocalypse?

Sam Gustin | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


Sam Gustin

Federal regulators are virtually certain to scrutinize any substantial pairing of cable leader Comcast (CMSCA) and content behemoth NBC Universal, the...

Hollywood, Recording Industry Beg Obama to Help Save Them From Pirates

Sam Gustin | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Sam Gustin

Faced with the global menace of digital piracy, some of the largest entertainment companies in the world have banded together to beg the Obama adminis...

Comcast Said to be Weighing NBC Bid; Denies Report of $35 Billion Deal

Sam Gustin | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


Sam Gustin

Comcast is in talks to buy NBC Universal, the entertainment giant, from General Electric (GE) in a blockbuster deal that -- if true -- would reverberate throughout the media world.

Health Care: Let's Liberate the Masses

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Dylan Ratigan

The cost of health insurance is not only keeping millions from accessing proper medical care, but it is also hobbling our large companies and strangling at birth many of the small businesses we need for job growth.

Vivendi May Sell NBC Universal Stake: Report

New York Times | TIM ARANGO | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


Executives at General Electric say they believe that Vivendi, the French conglomerate, will exercise its right later this year to sell its stake in NB...

NBC Unveils New "More Blacks and Gays" Tagline

The Hollywood Ham | Posted 10.16.2009 | Comedy


The Hollywood Ham

The new slogan accompanies a shift in the programming. In addition to a merger with the CW, NBC has signed a deal with popular black man, Tyler Perry.

Jeff Gaspin: NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chair's Steady Rise Through TV Ranks

Variety | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media


Amid the revolving door of top TV execs at NBC Universal, there's been one constant: the steady rise of Jeff Gaspin. Gaspin added the final pieces ...

NBC Profits Down 41%, Revenue Down 8% In Q2

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media


GE's NBC Universal (GE), for instance, just posted second quarter results that were just as bad as its first quarter. Jeff Zucker's TV and movie unit ...