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Bravo President Frances Berwick to Also Oversee Style Network

Television
 July 19, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Salaam Coleman Smith will remain president of the fashion channel, reporting to Berwick

  

Bloomberg to FCC: Comcast Discriminates Against Our News Show

Television
 June 13, 2011 By Cassie M. Chew 2 years ago

Wants Bloomberg TV put in the cable giants "news neighborhoods" in 35 major markets

  

NBCU Digital Taps Hilary Smith as Senior VP, Communications

Media
 June 6, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Will oversee communications for Television Without Pity, Fandango and DailyCandy in newly created position

  

Charge: Congress Ignored FCC Commissioner's Comcast Gig

Media
 May 13, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Free Press says congressional hearing on reforms to the commission should have addressed Meredith Attwell Baker's controversial departure

  

4 Months After Approving Merger, FCC Commissioner Joins NBCU

Media
 May 11, 2011 By Brent Lang & Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Meredith Attwell Baker departing commission to help lead government affairs in Washington DC

  

Comcast to Spend $300M on NBCU Turnaround

Television
 May 4, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

NBCU CEO says it may take years to fix the Peacock's troubled primetime

  

GE Reports Soaring Profits After Sale of NBCU

Media
 April 21, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

General Electric's net income jumped 77 percent during the first quarter

  

NBCU Ups Salil Mehta to COO, CFO of Entertainment and Digital Networks

Media
 April 19, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Executive had been president of network’s business strategy, key in merger with Comcast

  

NBCU Makes Two Key Appointments in Media Leadership

Television
 April 4, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Valari Dobson Staab and John Wallace placed in crucial roles

  

Report: Friend Charged in Shooting Death of NBCU Executive

Media
 March 24, 2011 By L.A. Times 2 years ago

The L.A. Times reports that a 32-year-old friend of slain NBC Universal finance executive Brian Russell Kaplon has been charged with his murder

  

Blanchard, Cardinale & Lazo All Promoted at NBCU

Television
 March 22, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Veteran executives will report to Lauren Zalaznick in the new Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media Division

  

Investors Offer to Sell Stake in Universal Theme Parks Back to NBCU

Movies
 March 16, 2011 By Bloomberg/Ronald Grover 2 years ago

Blackstone Group seeking to unload 50 percent stake in Florida properties

  

NBCU Int'l President Peter Smith to Step Down

Television
 March 7, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Departure marks second high-level departure for NBCU in the last week

  

Comcast Profits Up as Company Looks for NBC Primetime Turnaround

Media
 February 16, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

During a conference call with investors, executives outlined broad strategic goals for NBCU, including a turnaround in primetime. Just don't expect one anytime soon

  

Fast Times at Deal High for Huffington Post and AOL

Media
 February 7, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

The romance between Huffington Post and AOL was whirlwind, but the hot news site had been planning big for a while.

  

Corporate Flip-Flop: Big Media's Flacks Keep Swapping Jobs

Media
 February 6, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

As the business faces unprecedented change, the faces of the spokesmen who tell media's corporate story are changing, too

  

Hollywood Idled: Top Executives Out of the Power Suite (Slideshow)

Media
 January 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Hollywood has a surfeit of underemployed top executives. What kind of life is there after the executive suite? - Here's a look, in pictures

  

It's Got NBCU ... Now Comcast Has a Fight for Reinvention

Media
 January 29, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

The irony is exquisite -- a mighty cable giant betting that its embrace of a faded Peacock will secure its future in the Internet Age

  

Olbermann 'One of the Great Stars,' Says Zucker at NATPE

Media
 January 24, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Besides praising the now departed MSNBC host, outgoing NBC Universal chief also expressed optimism about future of broadcasting

  

Meryl Poster Poised to Return Working with Weinsteins

Television
 January 18, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Miramax veteran has offer on the table to run Bob and Harvey's TV division

  

Feds Approve Comcast-NBCU Merger

Media
 January 18, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Approval from FCC, Department of Justice clears the way for expected Jan. 28 closure of the mega-deal

  

Comcast Writers Get Support From NBC-U Brethren in WGA Bid

Television
 December 8, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Writers for E!, Style and G4 get boost from their counterparts at NBC Universal

  

NBCU's Jeff Zucker: 'I Made Poor Choices'

Media
 November 18, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Outgoing chief talks about cable success, primetime failure, Leno, Olbermann and his political aspirations

  

Report: Federal Regulators Accelerate Comcast-NBCU Review

Deal Central | Movies
 November 14, 2010 By the Wall Street Journal 2 years ago

Regulators are still hoping to complete the process with some 2010 left

  

Study: NBCU-Comcast Merger Will Cost Consumers $2.4 Billion

Television
 November 8, 2010 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Cable industry group commissions study that Comcast calls "flawed"

  

Comcast Earnings Drop 8.2% Thanks to NBCU-Deal Costs

Media
 October 27, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Cable company also hit by 50 percent drop in subscriber growth

  
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