Earlier this summer, when Comcast announced that it would spin off its NBCUniversal assets into a separate company, most of the industry assumed that the conglomerate’s owned-and-operated television stations would be divested with the rest of the media portfolio. The dozen stations, after all, report into Cesar Conde at NBCU News Group and those assets are part of the spinoff.
But behind the scenes at the Brian Roberts-controlled and Mike Cavanagh-led company, there have been serious conversations about retaining the stations within Comcast's portfolio, Status has learned—and it has to do, at least in part, with Donald Trump. While Comcast has…
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Status Scoop | CNN's Vital Signs: As CNN prepares to inherit a new corporate parent, the Mark Thompson-led news organization is continuing to press ahead with its much-touted plan to transform the cable network into a digital-first business. Internally, Status has learned, the company is working on a…
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