Will Comcast, NBC Universal Merger Pass Regulator Scrutiny?
December 1st, 2009 admin
Image: One Penny Sheet General Electric’s $5.8 billion purchase of Vivendi’s minority stake in NBC bodes well for Comcast. The cable giant could buy a 51% stake in NBC as soon as Thursday. The Guardian has more: This transaction will mean that GE owns 100% of NBC and it will allow the sprawling US industrial group to press ahead with an imminent plan to sell a majority of the…
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