In a Town Hall meeting today, the two companies are officially merging. Each employee is given 25 shares of Comcast stock (worth $582.50) and a free family pass to a Universal theme park.
Comcast’s Steve Burke will decide what you aee and how you’ll see it — and change the ad model in the process.
Former Showtime entertainment president Bob Greenblatt today was named chairman of NBC Entertainment. His appointment suggests that cable operator Comcast Corp., which is seeking approval to buy a controlling stake in NBC, won’t be content to let NBC stay in fourth place. It also signals that Comcast will return to investing in new shows in a big way.
Comcast is relying on the ranks of NBC Universal’s management to fill top jobs as it prepares to take the wraps off a new post-merger pecking order. Comcast’s point man on the integration, COO Steve Burke, has started signing contracts and is expected to unveil a final management structure around Thanksgiving.
