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Chernin, Comcast Investing in YouTube Tools Startup Fullscreen

Peter Kafka in Media on April 4 at 3:16 pm PT

More Old/Big Media companies investing in the world’s biggest video site. This time it’s a $30 million round.

Blocked! March Madness Heads Farther Behind the Cable Pay Wall.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 12 at 9:37 am PT

Yet another big-time sports event moves from free TV to pay TV: The NCAA championship game is set to switch from CBS to Turner next year.

Here’s a Marissa Mayer M&A Candidate You Haven’t Heard Of

Peter Kafka in Media on March 8 at 12:22 pm PT

Grab Media, a video distribution company. Tim Armstrong bought one in 2010, and that worked well for him and AOL.

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Comcast to Buy Remainder of NBCU From GE

Tess Stynes and Saabira Chaudhuri, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on February 12 at 2:34 pm PT

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.

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Zucker Is Lead Candidate to Head CNN

Keach Hagey and John Jannarone, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 27, 2012 at 6:30 pm PT

Jeff Zucker, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal, is the lead candidate to become the next president of CNN Worldwide, say people familiar with the matter.

Comcast and NBC Put Money, Marketing Into a Social TV App: Zeebox Lands in the U.S.

Peter Kafka in Media on September 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm PT

“Second screen” apps haven’t made much headway so far. But now a U.K. import, backed by one of the biggest players in American TV, will try.

The Cloud Is Getting Crowded: Hollywood Lines Up Behind M-Go, Another Digital Storefront

Peter Kafka in Media on September 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm PT

DVD sales are falling off, and consumers aren’t filling the void with digital purchases. Here’s another effort by the studios to fix that.

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Comcast Says Surprisingly Good Ratings Will Let NBC Break Even On Olympics

Peter Kafka in Media on August 1, 2012 at 6:33 am PT

No grousing about NBC’s Olympic coverage from Comcast executives today: On the company’s earnings call, Comcast EVP Steve Burke said prime-time ratings for the games are way ahead of the company’s estimates, and that the cable giant now expects to break even on its coverage, instead of a projected loss of $100 million to $200 million. (An earlier version of this report incorrectly attributed Burke’s statement to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.)

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Twitter Apologizes for Mishandling Journalist’s Suspended Account

Shira Ovide and Christopher S. Stewart, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Social on July 31, 2012 at 1:37 pm PT

Twitter Inc. on Tuesday apologized for mistakes it said it made in handling the account of Guy Adams, a journalist for the U.K’s Independent newspaper, who was kicked off the short-messaging service for publishing the email of an executive from Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal.