NBCUniversal Split: Comcast To Spin Off Cable Channels Under Mark Lazarus; Donna Langley Consolidates Power, NBC, Peacock & Bravo Stay Put
CMCSAComcast(CMCSA) Deadline·2024-11-20 08:37

Putting Donna Langley firmly in the corporate driver’s seat, Comcast boss Brian Roberts has also decided it’s time for NBCUniversal to shed some cable channel weight. Tomorrow, Comcast is set to reveal its long term plan to carve off cable channels MSNBC, CNBC, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, Oxygen and USA into a new and separate company. The as-yet-unnamed venture will be run by current NBCU Media Group boss Mark Lazarus as CEO. NBCU CFO Anand Kini is on board as a supersized CFO and COO for the new company. S ...