Comcast to Buy Remainder of NBCU From GE

Comcast Corp. is buying General Electric’s 49 percent stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion, taking full control of the television and movie company.

Under the agreement, Comcast also will acquire from GE properties used by NBCUniversal at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., for roughly $1.4 billion.

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