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Lisa de Moraes on TV: Bon Jovi and NBC Universal Make a Deal Fox parent-company chief Rupert Murdoch has not yet figured out how to move Christmas into the year's first quarter, which is when musicians looking to plug new albums line up to be...

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...wonderful fit," he said. The comments came as Comcast is holding talks with General Electric about taking a majority stake in media conglomerate NBC Universal, according to people familiar with the situation. At a recent meeting with...

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...News Corp., but this week the company backed away. NBC Universal also expressed some interest but soon became tied down in its own negotiations to be acquired by Comcast Corp. Under the terms of the deal, Scripps will take a 65% stake...

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...for Hulu, but hadn't made a final decision. It was not clear how a potential purchase by Comcast Corp. of a controlling stake in General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal will affect Hulu. Talks are ongoing. Hulu isn't the only site...

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But he'll let you continue this practice for a bit longer. Holy crap, GE and Comcast may have come to a deal regarding the value of NBC Universal. The means GE (80% owner) and Vivendi (20%) could sell the thing, network and...

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Reuters says both Murdoch and Liberty Media's John Malone are sniffing around the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal that Vivendi is prepared to sell, but neither man has actually approached NBC Universal owner GE about a deal. As much...

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...a renewed interest in doing deals. The biggest of those is Comcast Corp's proposal to take control of TV and movie studio company NBC-Universal from General Electric Co and Vivendi. News Corp is not interested in NBC, Murdoch...

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...current businesses "and make prudent investments for the future". One purchase he did not rule out was the US television network and film studio NBC Universal. Its parent company, General Electric, is considering selling the...

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...aids Comcast on NBC bid: source 11 mins ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Peter Chernin, who quit his job as one of the top executives at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp earlier this year, is advising Comcast Corp in its bid to buy a majority stake...

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