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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>GE owned them and was trying to unload it
since it wasn’t part of their “core” business. Also as I recall this was owned
via Universal which had Vivendi in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> as a
joint venture partner and GE was doing its best to get out of that
relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>NBC by the way bought The Weather Channel
last year and said they wouldn’t take it out of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City>. I wonder if Comcast feels the same
way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you watch 30 Rock you can see jokes
made about this but they call it “Cabletown” rather than Comcast in the show.
If 30 Rock gets canceled we’ll know Comcast Management has no sense of humor
like GE’s did.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Michael Trausch<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 18, 2011
3:16 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] FCC approves
Comcast takeover of NBC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Maybe
they will stop cancelling good shows.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yeah,
right.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<br>
Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>
That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Jan 18, 2011 3:15 PM, "Geoffrey Myers" <<a
href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>>
wrote:<br type=attribution>
> I didn't know Comcast was that big. Or maybe NBC was doing that poorly?<br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Until later, Geoffrey<br>
> <br>
> "I predict future happiness for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> if they can prevent<br>
> the government from wasting the labors of the people under<br>
> the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
> - Thomas Jefferson<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
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> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>
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