developing As has been rumored for awhile, Comcast and GE announced this morning they were forming a joint venture. Comcast would own 51%, GE would own 49%, Comcast would manage and the venture consists of NBCU businesses, Comcasts's cable networks and certain digital properties, among other things. (more...)

Reuters is reporting that according to sources Comcast Corp and General Electric Co have agreed to make current NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker the head of their new proposed joint venture, though the "structure of a new board is still being negotiated" and Peter Chernin's role is still up in the air. From the report: (more...)

video The man who preceded Jeff Zucker as head of NBCU, Bob Wright, was on Fox Business Network yesterday in an interview focused on Autism. But FBN anchor Liz Claman (a former NBCU employee herself) also asked about the potential sale of the company, Jay Leno's lagging ratings and more. (more...)

So after news broke this morning that Ben Silverman was leaving NBCU, more than one person in the office wondered a) how come Nikki Finke hadn't been the one to break it, and b) what would Nikke Finke blog about from now on. Nikke Finke has subsequently solved both mysteries for us in what could be referred to as The Finke-Silverman Experiment Ends, A Play in 5 Acts. (more...)