Comcast Away

Brian Roberts
Brian Roberts in Philadelphia, January 2025. Photo: Matt Rourke/AP Photo
Dylan Byers
June 29, 2026

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On Monday, shortly after Brian Roberts announced his intention to split Comcast and NBCUniversal into their own pure-play companies—the latest tectonic shift in the industry’s long and protracted dismantling—he stressed to investors that this was “absolutely not” a prelude to future mergers and acquisitions. Needless to say, dear reader, absolutely no one believes that.