6 posts and columns on Jeff Immelt

2012: Siri Is a Stunner, Amazon Is Amazin’ and Security Gets Spendy

in News on December 8, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT

Tech prognosticator Mark Anderson is back in New York with his annual predictions for the world of tech in 2012.
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Comcast Pitches NBC Deal to Investors: Check Out Our “Wow Chart”!

in Media on December 3, 2009 at 5:35 am PT

Comcast investors have been upset with the company ever since its plans to acquire control of NBC Universal from GE appeared in September. Now’s the time for the company to start wooing them back (at least publicly).

Don’t Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semisecret Quadrangle Conference.

in Media on November 3, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Wouldn’t you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won’t be hearing from.
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NBC Cleans Up Its Earnings Act for Comcast

in Media on October 16, 2009 at 4:27 am PT

After a couple of miserable quarters, NBC Universal finally has some good news to announce: Boosted by a one-time gain, earnings actually increased in Q3, even though the entertainment conglomerate’s revenue kept dropping. Perhaps those numbers will cheer Comcast investors, who have been beating up the cable company ever since news of its talks to buy NBCU surfaced last month.
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NBC CEO Jeff Zucker: Jon Stewart Was “Incredibly Unfair” to CNBC

in Media on March 18, 2009 at 7:50 am PT

CNBC’s owner wants you to know that it wasn’t his network’s fault that the Dow collapsed. “Just because someone who mocks authority says something doesn’t make it so.” Also, he’d like you to know that his broadcast and cable giant isn’t going to screw up like the newspaper guys did.
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Why You’re Getting Jay Leno in Prime Time: NBC Profits Shrank by $1 Billion in Three Years

in Media on December 17, 2008 at 3:00 am PT

Want to know why NBC is giving up on five hours a week of prime-time programming and replacing it with Jay Leno? Parent company GE inadvertently provided the answer yesterday: NBC’s broadcast business recorded profits of $1.4 billion in 2005, and just $400 million this year.