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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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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:39 PM, 09/30/2009
    great they can slide rendell into a co-host slot with rachel maddow. the peter principle at work.
    — natedog
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:42 PM, 09/30/2009
    There goes our cable rates? 35 billion??? How are we going to get shafted to pay that bill?
    — smallbej
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:47 PM, 09/30/2009
    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!!!
    — Philsin08
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:52 PM, 09/30/2009
    Uh. Philsin08, the Comcast Center has been up and running for more than a year.
    — girardo19122
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:54 PM, 09/30/2009
    I think Philsin08 was talking about NBC coming to Philly
    — krazylegs
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:57 PM, 09/30/2009
    Buy it and close MSDNC - that channel is awful.
    — fafafooey
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:59 PM, 09/30/2009
    There goes the neighborhood. No matter how you slice it, dice it, or buy it, Comcast still sucks.
    — tonyS
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:11 PM, 09/30/2009
    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.
    — 3rd&Brown
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:30 PM, 09/30/2009
    Browser based game and Multiplayer game
    — gloryoff
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:20 AM, 11/23/2009
    Uh, Comcast is amazing compared to TimeWarner in NYC. Their customer service and user interface are absolutely horrendous.
    — madvillain


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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Joe has been a member of Bloomberg LP’s New York Finance Team, wrote the book “Comcasted,” taught writing at St. Joseph’s University, and studied economics and history at Penn. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com
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