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Donna Langley
Matthew Belloni • November 22, 2024

Prima Donna

Donna Langley’s NBCUniversal anointment gives her full greenlight authority for movies, NBC, Bravo, and Peacock. It also ends a power struggle with fellow executive Mark Lazarus, now riding an ice floe of cable networks into uncertain seas.
Dylan Byers • November 20, 2024
Mika & Joe’s Excellent Adventure
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski
News and notes on the real ulterior motive behind the Mar-a-Lago pilgrimage. Plus, all the nail-biting and agita unleashed at 30 Rock in the wake of the Comcast spinco news.
Matthew Belloni • November 8, 2024
Why Hollywood Executives Are So Giddy About Trump 2.0
David Zaslav
Unlike in Trump’s first term, when entertainment became ground zero for the #Resistance, it feels like the industry—at least the business side of it—is gonna try to make nice to avoid issues with M&A and regulation, which is both sad and a reality of doing business when the president has become so openly vindictive, transactional, and unchecked.
cesar conde
Dylan Byers • November 1, 2024
Render Unto Cesar…
Inside 30 Rock, word that Comcast is considering spinning out NBCU’s lesser cable assets—potentially severing MSNBC from NBC—has kicked off a furious sequence of questions about the future of both networks, and about the fate of NBC News Group boss Cesar Conde.
naomi osaka Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Matthew Belloni • July 26, 2024
17 Days in Paris
NBCU Media Group chairman Mark Lazarus offers a candid assessment of his goals for the Olympics, how the Games’ value proposition has changed over the years, and A.I. Al Michaels.
Chris Meledandri
Matthew Belloni • July 2, 2024
Hollywood’s Biggest Producer Considers Free Agency
Comcast/NBCUniversal’s deal with Despicable Me’s Chris Meledandri is up soon, and negotiations to re-sign him have begun in earnest. If he can’t find a way to capture more of the value he’s created, he and his Minions will explore their options elsewhere.
real housewives of new york
Eriq Gardner • June 11, 2024
Does Bravo Have a First Amendment Right to Get Its Stars Drunk?
That’s NBCU’s surprising legal rebuttal to the Leah McSweeney lawsuit. And, even more remarkably, there’s actually some precedent for the argument.
wrestlemania xl
Julia Alexander • April 16, 2024
Peacock’s M&A Endgame
How many streamers is too many? This quarter’s earnings season may finally hold the magical clue.
brian roberts
Julia Alexander • February 20, 2024
The Real Housewives of Peacock
NBCU’s once forlorn streamer is having a real moment, thanks to the NFL and a couple new hits. But if the service truly wants to survive the streaming wars, it should drop its pretensions of prestige and embrace full Bravo-ization.
First up for Comcast’s Brian Roberts in 2024 is the pending deal for the one-third stake in Hulu that Comcast owns, and that Bob Iger has said that Disney will buy.
William D. Cohan • January 10, 2024
The Philadelphia Story
Analyzing the position and motivation of the media industry’s biggest dealmaker as the bankers begin to swarm.