[ale] FCC approves Comcast takeover of NBC

[Greg Freemyer]

My impression at least a couple years ago is the GE didn't mind NBC
losing money because they used as a big PR firm.

ie. If you want a bill passed that will make GE 10's of billions, have
NBC drive the narrative / politics of the process such that the bill
would pass.  NBC's losses were small potatoes compared to those
profits.

Maybe that didn't work out with them based on the last election, so
they're dumping it.


On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> 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 Europe as a joint venture partner and GE was doing its best to
> get out of that relationship.
>
>
>
> NBC by the way bought The Weather Channel last year and said they wouldn’t
> take it out of Atlanta.  I wonder if Comcast feels the same way.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Trausch
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:16 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] FCC approves Comcast takeover of NBC
>
>
>
> Maybe they will stop cancelling good shows.
>
> Yeah, right.
>
> --
> Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.
> That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)
>
> On Jan 18, 2011 3:15 PM, "Geoffrey Myers" <lists at serioustechnology.com>
> wrote:
>> I didn't know Comcast was that big. Or maybe NBC was doing that poorly?
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
>> "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
>> the government from wasting the labors of the people under
>> the pretense of taking care of them."
>> - Thomas Jefferson
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> Ale at ale.org
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
>
> Proud partner. Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
>
> Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments.
> ----------------------------------
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential
> information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are
> not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of
> the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you
> have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply
> immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and
> delete it. Thank you.
> ----------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>
>



-- 
Greg Freemyer
Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team
Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer
CNN/TruTV Aired Forensic Imaging Demo -
   http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrieved/

The Norcross Group
The Intersection of Evidence & Technology
http://www.norcrossgroup.com