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GE and Comcast have agreed to value NBC Universal at about $30 billion, a development that could lead to a deal this week for Comcast to take control of GE's media and entertainment arm.
Both companies have agreed to value NBC Universal at about $30 billion, a development that could lead to a deal this week for Comcast to take control of GE's media and entertainment arm.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Comcast Corp. is looking to take a 51% stake in NBC Universal, surely a sign of the durability of cable networks, since NBCU owns a bunch of top-tier ones. But there's more going on here: It's also a calculated move to seize the reins in shaping future TV-viewer behavior and a bid to assume the lead in figuring out how to advertise to the new-media consumer.
NBC Chicago writes that Barack Obama showed an alarming amount of insensitivity following the tragedy on Thursday at Fort Hood when Malik Nidal Hasan murdered 13 people in cold blood:After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word
Nov. 8, 2009 – 3:42 p.m. CQ Transcript: Govs. Barbour, Rendell, Gen. Casey on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’CQ TranscriptwireSPEAKERS: DAVID GREGORY, HOST GEN. GEORGE CASEY, ARMY CHIEF OF STAFFGOV. HALEY BARBOUR, R-MISS.GOV. EDWARD G. RENDELL, D-PA.[*] GREGORY: First, 13 dead and more than 30 injured after Army psychiatrist Major Nadal Malik Hasan opens fire at Fort Hood Army post. The New York Times reports...
J.J. Abrams, the creator of Alias, Felicity, Lost and Fringe, will slide back into the director's chair for Undercovers, a new NBC pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. NBC wins bidding war for J.J. Abrams' new series Abrams, who is also executive-producing ...
Should the controlling stake in NBC Universal be sold to Comcast Corp., the media giant would be better off versus its current ownership scenario under the umbrella of General Electric Co., according to respondents to the latest Business Pulse survey from Los Angeles Business from bizjournals.
Neither the CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News, in their East coast feeds Thursday night, noted the Muslim religious beliefs of the mass killer at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, but ABC anchor Charles Gibson wasn't cowed by political correctness as he teased World News, “Fort Hood tragedy: An Army officer, a Muslim convert, is the suspect in a shooting spree...” Introducing his first...
After a year of the Obama-mania, the mainstream media is finally doing its job — reporting the news. And this from Chicago, no less! From NBC News : President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships. After news broke out of the shooting at...
J.J. Abrams is executive producing and will direct the first episode for "Undercovers," his Warner Bros. pilot at NBC. Abrams would make "Undercovers" the first TV pilot he has directed since 2004's "Lost" opener. NBC's "Undercovers" has been described as a mix between Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Bourne Identity .