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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Comcast: No 'deal' for NBC - Update

Update: "...The report that Comcast has a deal to purchase NBC Universal is inaccurate," Comcast spokeswoman D'Arcy Foster-Rudnay tells Bloomberg here. Rudnay "declined to comment" on a report it's been in talks with NBC owner General Electric Corp.

Earlier: Philadelphia's Comcast "is in talks to buy the entertainment giant NBC-Universal from General Electric" for $35 billion, former New York Times reporter Sharon Waxman reports on her Web site, TheWrap.com, citing unnamed sources here.

Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 9:18 PM  Permalink | 15 comments
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Posted 09:39 PM, 09/30/2009
natedog
great they can slide rendell into a co-host slot with rachel maddow. the peter principle at work.
Posted 09:42 PM, 09/30/2009
smallbej
There goes our cable rates? 35 billion??? How are we going to get shafted to pay that bill?
Posted 09:47 PM, 09/30/2009
Philsin08
This deal will cut the budget deficit in half for the coming years. Just wait til they move the offices to Philly and they hit all of the employees with the ridiculous city tax!!!
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Posted 09:52 PM, 09/30/2009
girardo19122
Uh. Philsin08, the Comcast Center has been up and running for more than a year.
Posted 09:54 PM, 09/30/2009
krazylegs
I think Philsin08 was talking about NBC coming to Philly
Posted 09:57 PM, 09/30/2009
fafafooey
Buy it and close MSDNC - that channel is awful.
Posted 09:59 PM, 09/30/2009
tonyS
There goes the neighborhood. No matter how you slice it, dice it, or buy it, Comcast still sucks.
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Posted 10:11 PM, 09/30/2009
3rd&Brown
nyc has a city tax. ny state has a higher income tax than pennsylvania. far higher. if one ever left philadelphia he or she might understand that. regardless...a bold move on comcast's part.
Posted 10:30 PM, 09/30/2009
gloryoff
Browser based game and Multiplayer game
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Posted 10:20 AM, 11/23/2009
madvillain
Uh, Comcast is amazing compared to TimeWarner in NYC. Their customer service and user interface are absolutely horrendous.
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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column, which is printed in the business pages of The Philadelphia Inquirer every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Joe has worked at the Inquirer, mostly, since 1988. He has also written for Bloomberg and Gannett, authored the book Comcasted, majored in economics at Penn, and fathered six children. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com

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