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  1. buffering
    Peacock Now Has 17 Million SubscribersBut it’s also losing a lot of money for Comcast.
    By Josef Adalian
  2. streamliner
    How Do You Say the Name of Comcast’s New Streaming Box?Also: What is it?
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  3. buffering
    12 Hollywood Insiders Reveal Who’s Really Winning the Streaming WarsExecs, agents, producers, and publicists get candid about the town’s new power players.
    By Josef Adalian
  4. the law
    Diddy Would Like to Be Excluded From Comcast’s Inclusion NarrativeThe broadcaster is in the middle of a Supreme Court racial-discrimination lawsuit.
    By Justin Curto
  5. year in culture 2018
    What America Loved to Watch in 2018, According to Comcast’s VOD RatingsGame of Thrones didn’t have new episodes in 2018, but by at least one metric, it’s still the most popular show on TV.
    By Josef Adalian
  6. the industry
    Comcast Wins Bid to Purchase Sky and Here’s What That MeansDon’t worry, none of this has math in it.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  7. the industry
    Comcast Might Outbid Disney for 21st Century FoxComcast says it has prepared an all-cash offer “premium to the value of the current all-share offer from Disney.”
    By Hunter Harris
  8. Comcast’s $31 Billion Bid for Sky Could Crush Rupert Murdoch’s DreamsThe media mogul was already dealing with skeptical regulators and now a competing offer dwarfs his own.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. exclusive
    What America Loved to Watch in 2017And more trivia from Comcast’s video-on-demand ratings data.
    By Josef Adalian
  10. the industry
    Why a Murdoch Sale Could Spell Doom for the Fox NetworkIndustry insiders speculate it could become “a hybrid of Fox News and ESPN.”
    By Josef Adalian
  11. select all
    Your Favorite Business, Comcast, Wants to Be Your Cell-Phone Carrier, TooIt’s teaming up with your other favorite business, Verizon.
    By Jake Swearingen
  12. resurrections
    Try Not to Shriek, But Comcast Is Looking to Revive ShrekComcast wants to make a whole load of Shreks.
    By Karen Brill
  13. comcast
    Comcast Finally Cancels Service of Fire VictimJimmy Ware lost everything in the fire, except his Comcast service.
    By Jessica Roy
  14. white house correspondents’ dinner 2014
    MSNBC Throws Correspondents’ Dinner Blowout on Eve of Proposed Comcast Merger“These are all staffers that go out for five-dollar happy hours; they don’t get invited to stuff like this.”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  15. across the streaming-verse
    Apple and Comcast in Talks for Streaming ServiceComcast is really going for it this year.
    By Halle Kiefer
  16. stream wars
    Netflix to Pay Comcast for Direct Access to Its BroadbandTo ensure smoother streaming.
    By Halle Kiefer
  17. math
    This Math Formula Shows Why the Comcast—Time Warner Cable Deal Should Be BlockedGood ol’ HHI.
    By Kevin Roose
  18. the joy of streaming
    Comcast Letting Subscribers Stream 35 Channels Other cable companies will likely follow suit.
    By Josef Adalian
  19. Foodies With Benefits
    Hunt.Fish.Feed to Serve Venison Tacos to Hundreds of Philly’s Hungry TodayHunters and anglers donate game meats and fish to help feed America’s hungry.
    By Collin Keefe
  20. Jay Leno Nibbles the Hand that Feeds Him Over Recent Layoffs This is probably the first time he’s told a joke he’s believed in in 15 years. They come after 20+ members of The Tonight Show staff were […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  21. Despite a ‘Tremendous’ Pay Cut for Jay Leno, 20+ ‘Tonight Show’ Employees […]Right when The Tonight Show’s opening theme kicked in Friday night, at 11:30pm, reports started coming out about firings. Somewhere around […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  22. tv ratings
    NBC Posts Highest Ratings Ever for a Non-U.S. Olympics Opening CeremonyEight percent more than for Beijing.
    By Andre Tartar
  23. scandal-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB Headache Could Be Cured by Comcast The phone-hacking scandal could lead to a big acquisition.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  24. Mediavore
    Comcast Teams Up with Philadelphia’s Free Lunch Program; Taco Bell, KFC & Pizza
  25. breaking
    A Change at the Top of USA NetworkThat’s not much of a change.
    By Josef Adalian
  26. cable news news
    Keith Olbermann Has Reportedly Been Negotiating His Exit for a While“This was all Keith’s choice.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  27. mergers and acquisitions
    Comcast Officially Approved to Take Over NBC UniversalAfter thirteen months, the deal is finally approved.
    By Willa Paskin
  28. television-stained wretches
    Expect More Kabletown Jokes On 30 RockThe FCC’s chairman proposes approving the Comcast-NBC deal.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  29. the future is coming
    Comcast Finds a Way to Make Netflix Pay for Clogging Up the InternetDuring peak times, Netflix represents 20 percent of online traffic in the United States.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  30. al franken
    Al Franken Seeks Probe Into Comcast’s Exec AnnouncementsDid Comcast speak too soon?
    By Mike Vilensky
  31. the industry
    Comcast Officially Hires New Executive to Try to Save NBCAnd keeps around some NBC vets.
    By Josef Adalian
  32. the future is coming
    Government Speeds Up Review of Comcast-NBC MergerThey may put some limits on Comcast, but they won’t stop the deal.
    By Avi Zenilman
  33. the future is coming
    Comcast Launches New Streaming SiteThere are 150,000 free videos available to subscribers, and the message to Hulu and Netflix is clear.
    By Avi Zenilman
  34. the industry
    Jeff Zucker Out at NBCWell, that took long enough.
    By Willa Paskin
  35. golden parachutes
    Zucker May Get Paid $30m to Leave NBC a MessBut at least he’s leaving.
    By Willa Paskin
  36. zuckered
    Comcast CEO Has No Plans to Move NBC to Cable (for Now)It also appears that Jeff Zucker’s job is safe (for now).
    By Mark Graham
  37. deals
    Mr. Zucker Goes to WashingtonNBC CEO to kick it with the Senate Judiciary Committee’s anti-trust panel.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  38. beefs
    Public-Interest Groups Complain to the Government About Comcast/NBCU MergerIt stinks, they say.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  39. Top Chef
    Top Chef: That’s Comcastic!If Comcast owns Bravo, what happens to Top Chef?
    By Kirsten Henri
  40. honchos
    Jeff Zucker Signs a New Contract With NBCUJay Leno is thrilled.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  41. media metamorphoses
    The Question at the UBS Media Conference: Is Content Still King?That’s what the media moguls have been saying, but is that still the answer?
    By Gabriel Sherman
  42. Comcast Might Change NBCU’s Name, MaybeIt’s easier than firing Zucker, we guess.
    By Lane Brown
  43. deals
    NBCU Worth More Than Anyone ThoughtIt’s because of E!
    By Adam K. Raymond
  44. deals
    G.E. Reaches Deal to Buy All of NBC So it Can Turn Around and Sell ItIt only cost them $5.8 billion.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  45. honchos
    Zucker Will Remain Head of New NBCSeems like a sound business decision!
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. money
    NBCU Worth $30 Billion to ComcastGE and Comcast have agreed that a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast would be worth $30 billion.
    By Lane Brown
  47. deals
    NBC-Comcast Deal ‘Close’An announcement could come next week, says the ‘Times.’
    By Lane Brown
  48. jeff zucker
    Comcast ‘Leaning Toward’ Keeping Jeff Zucker if They Buy NBCBen Silverman, Leno at 10pm and the death of ‘Southland’ notwithstanding.
    By Lindsay Robertson