HDTV Almanac - Comcast to Take Reigns at NBCU

[alfredpoor]

It looks as though Comcast is actually going to take over NBC Universal, or at least the company is acting as though it is going to. At the end of last week, Comcast announced that COO Steve Burke is going to take over as CEO of NBCU when the final deal goes through. The current [...]

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[gartrste]

The question in my mind is...what will happen to Olbermann? Maddow? Matthews?

Comcast is rather famous for their "What is good for the corporation and the CEO is...what will be." mindset - all the way down to the lowest level of shaping traffic to benefit themselves rather than their users.

What will they do with MSNBC, given its tendency to tell the truth? Dispense with Olbermann, Maddow, and Matthews? Put Santelli or Kudlow from CNBC in as their boss, with the expectation that they will quit in frustration? Permit them to carry on - as long as they vouchsafe Comcast's goals - to include pushing for the end of net neutrality? Spin MSNBC off to Murdoch?

Yes, indeed...it will be interesting.