Comcast to Buy 51% of NBC, GE Goes After 49% 258
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that Comcast and General Electric announced a joint venture yesterday to control NBC Universal, with Comcast coming out with the controlling interest. Comcast's hopes seem to be on succeeding in a marriage of distribution and content, where Time Warner failed. "The deal was approved by the companies' boards, and is subject to regulatory approval. GE said it expects the deal to go through in the third quarter of 2010. Congress has already said it will hold a hearing to investigate whether Comcast will gain 'undue advantages' from the deal that gives it access to programming."
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Re:whom the gods would destroy they first make mad (Score:5, Funny)
That was pretty hardcore dude. You're soooo nonconformist. Keep raging against the machine while Cheetos dust covers your neckbeard down in your parent's basement.
Re:whom the gods would destroy they first make mad (Score:4, Funny)
There's virtually nothing good on television anyway
It's ok dude, I'm sure they're gonna bring back Firefly. It's true cause I signed this one petition online and everything!
Did anyone consult Shinehart Wigs? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:whom the gods would destroy they first make mad (Score:1, Funny)
As to my musical preferences, I think Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Jedi Mind Tricks, Talib Kweli, and Sniper provide us with a more authentic and more literate example of the anti-conformist message.
So your tastes are actually worse than I thought. Secondly, the more times you have to point out that you're non-conformist just goes to show how much of a tool you are.
Which is why the media companies are already dead. They pander to the least common denominator and that ultimately satisfies nobody.
And yet you still download their content from bittorrent. I'm sure that shows them good, right?!??! Right??!
Re:Slashdot: Yesterday's News... Today! (Score:5, Funny)
Here at slashdot we get news articles later than elsewhere because of the large ammount of background research and spellchecking the editors put into each article. You pay a price for good editing.
Re:whom the gods would destroy they first make mad (Score:3, Funny)
I would have enjoyed that TV show a lot more if all the actors went topless
Ugghh...CBS Tried that with the Golden Girls once, and that episode sucked!