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 04.19.2008 | 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 04.19.2008 | 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 04.02.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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,...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Kermit's cameo is part of NBC Universal's newest environmental campaign, "Green is Universal."
Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 ...
AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media