But Comcast managed to hold it together with NBCU for 15 years, even though it could never quite explain what value there was in putting the content near the pipes ... NBCUniversal alone did not build NBCU Plus.
Brian Roberts, current co-CEO and chairperson of Comcast, will be involved in the leadership of both companies, while Mike Cavanagh, the other CEO, will take on leadership of NBCU... How NBCU Built the Most Powerful Streamer in Reality TV.
“If they were to do a sale or sales instead of a tax-free spin, either you’d have a buyer willing to take on the risk and complexity of the whole NBCU portfolio, or, more likely, parts of businesses going to different buyers.”.
Comcast co-CEO Brian L. Roberts said the split would open up opportunities for both companies ... Comcast just announced plans to split its media and tech businesses into separate publicly traded companies ... ....
'They needed somebody and I was available,' Gifford says about peforming at Reagan's inauguration, 'We didn't think about if we're a Republican or a Democrat, we're just American.' ....
). Digiday reports that Omnicom Media has wrapped its Cannes Lions news series by announcing a first-mover partnership with NBCUniversal that aims to make connected TV advertising more contextually relevant ... Read the full story in Digiday ... Disclaimer.