Comcast-NBC’s mega deal in the works
Comcast buys NBC
Cable giant Comcast is one step closer to acquiring General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal. After weeks of negotiation, the two media giants have agreed to set the value of NBC Universal at thirty million dollars paving the way for the creation of one of the nation’s largest media behemoths. In the past the FCC prohibited a cable operator from owning a TV station in the same city but those rules are gone today. Should there be some concern associated with allowing Comcast to own so much programming (NBC, E!, USA, BRAVO, CNBC, MSNBC, etc)?
Guests:
Harold Vogel, head of Vogel Capital Management in New York and adjunct professor at Columbia University.
Timothy Karr, campaign director, Free Press
- Patt Morrison for November 9, 2009
- Round 1 of health care fight goes to the Democrats…barely
- Desalination will solve California’s water problems….not quite
- Comcast-NBC’s mega deal in the works
- Jonathan Safran Foer isn’t Eating Animals
- You can be a kid and eat vegetarian - and be healthy
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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