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Comcast Considers Buying NBC Universal

HeadlineOct 02, 2009

In business news, the nation’s largest cable television company, Comcast, is reportedly in talks with General Electric to buy just more than half of NBC Universal. Such a deal would give Comcast control of the NBC network, the Spanish-language Telemundo, cable channels including MSNBC, dozens of local television stations and the Universal film studio. The proposed deal would likely face scrutiny from regulators.

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