Recent Posts Tagged With 'Comcast'

• Burke\'s Peerage

  Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 07:19 in Comcast, brian williams, tom brokaw, steve burke, nbc comcast

  Spotted:  Comcast COO Steve Burke fly fishing in Montana where Tom Brokaw has his ranch...Chickaboomer hears fly fishing is what NBC brass do to relax... Burke has a spread at the Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Montana where prospective ...

• B&C: Zucker Eyes “Upside” In Light Of Comcast Deal

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 08:03 in Comcast, brian roberts, jeff zucker, nbc comcast, nbc comcast deal, ge comcast deal

  B&C  The upside?  Zucker still has a job even though NBC Entertainment is in the crapper....

• Name That Network

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 09:13 in nbc, Comcast, nbc news, brian roberts, "nbc nightly news", nbc comcast, nbc comcast deal, ge comcast deal

  All signs point to Comcast dumping the NBC name when the cable company officially usurps NBC.  How will NBC feel playing second banana to what Comcast CEO Brian Roberts gushes are NBC's "fantastic" cable farm team? Comcast has taken the domain n...

• Comcast/NBC Threat

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 06:59 in Comcast, nbc universal, jeff immelt, brian roberts, nbc comcast, nbc comcast deal, ge comcast deal

  The NYT is concerned about Comcast's takeover of NBC.  Two words:  video delivery. Maybe the ink-stained wretches are concerned they'll lose face time on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC when Comcast takes over......

• Jeff Immelt Zings CNBC For NBC/Comcast Speculation

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 in Comcast, jeff immelt, jeffrey immelt, brian roberts, nbc comcast, nbc comcast deal

  Jeff Immelt has nervous tics in both eyes when he's mad: C ...

• NBC Comcast Reach Deal

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 06:37 in msnbc, Comcast, ge, joe scarborough, general electric, jeffrey immelt, brian roberts, jeff zucker, nbc comcast, nbc comcast deal, ge comcast deal

  BREAKING NEWS:  GE has reached an agreement to sell a 51 percent controlling interest to Comcast for nearly $14 bil.  In answer to MSBNC's "Morning Joe" Scarborough's query earlier this week:  the guy you'll be sucking up to is Comcast...

• Jeff Zucker "wears very well?"

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 05:47 in nbc, Comcast, ge, general electric, nbc universal, jeff immelt, jeffrey immelt, jeff zucker, nbc comcast

  Bill Carter NYT:  Mr. Zucker’s future role with the newly formed entity, with Comcast controlling 51 percent and G.E. 49 percent, will be cemented, an executive involved in the talks said, when it is officially announced, which is expected to ...

• GE To Pay $5.8 Bil To Buy Back 20% of NBC Universal

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 21:24 in Comcast, ge, general electric, jeff immelt, jeffrey immelt, vivendi nbc, nbc comcast

  The Associated Press reports GE is about to buy Vivendi's 20 percent of NBC Universal paving the way for Comcast's takeover of NBC.What took so long?  The sticking point was how much Vivendi's 20 percent was worth.  B&C quotes...

• Scythe Matters

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 07:55 in Comcast, tina fey, jeff zucker, nbc comcast

  "NBC is sadly the fourth-place network; actually, we're in ninth place if you count the radio stations ahead of us right now, I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one night then that would be a 40 percent [ratings] incre...

• Morning Joe: Good To The Last Drop?

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 11:27 in Comcast, joe scarborough, mika brzezinski, msnbc morning joe, phil griffin, cable news ratings, felix gillette, imus fbn, imus fox business network, "morning joe", morning joe starbucks, nbc comcast

  "Morning Joe Piping Hot A Year Ago, Steadily Loses Steam" Felix Gilette NYO: Morning Joe is struggling to hang on to viewers. So far this fall, from Sept. 1 through Nov. 13, according to The Observer’s analysis of Nielsen numbers, Morning Joe has a...