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03 Oct 2009 10:00

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Biz, Culture: Comcast tries to wheel and deal its way into NBC Universal

  • $30 billion the estimated value of the deal Comcast (who’s looking for a big-media venture) and GE are working out for the network/film studio
  • 51/49 split the breakdown of who would get what; Comcast would (barely) be the majority partner in this deal to run Jay Leno’s life source
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15 Aug 2009 10:00

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Politics: Well, that truce between O’Reilly and Olbermann didn’t last long

  • We were hopeful at both companies to put a more civil tone in these discussions. No one at GE ever told anyone at NBC how to cover the news or what to cover.
  • General Electric spokesman Gary Sheffer • Regarding renewed interest in the debate between Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. After stories came out about the truce last month, both talk-show gabbers went back to their bag of tricks, with O’Reilly attack NBC owner General Electric. It’s given him some big ratings, while Olbermann, who isn’t playing to his network either, is kinda holding steady ratings-wise. Moral of the story: They shouldn’t have told anyone about the truce. • source
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02 Aug 2009 12:02

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Politics: A Olbermann & O’Reilly truce? TV’s biggest talking heads cool it

Bill and Keith’s hands were forced by their parent companies, News Corp. and GE. That’s right: The fight had actually started hurting the corporate overlords. source
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19 Apr 2009 21:10

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Biz: The Fortune 500’s top five and how they got to the top

  • one ExxonMobil: Making money off of the world’s addiction to oil, their massive profits were up 19% in 2008.
  • two Wal-Mart: Making money off of the world’s addiction to cheap crap, their profits were up 7% in 2008.
  • three Chevron: People like putting gas in their cars, and indirectly, money in Chevron’s cash-lined pockets.
  • four ConocoPhillips: see all the stuff we just said about ExxonMobil and Chevron, then apply it here.
  • five General Electric: Nobody watches NBC, so we’ll assume it’s because of all the other stuff they make. source
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