Earlier this year, as faithful In the Room readers know, Comcast spun off most of its profitable-but-declining cable assets, leaving MS NOW, CNBC, USA Network, and Golf Channel, among others, in the charge of veteran executive Mark Lazarus. I have long been bearish about this business, which has seemed destined to fall into the hands of private equity and a likely acquire-and-fire doom loop. (NBCUniversal, of course, retained its flagship broadcast network, movie studio, and streaming service, as well as the Bravo Housewives content firehose.) On more than one occasion, I have referred to Versant as the redheaded stepchild of NBCU.