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- RELEASE: Philadelphians Deliver Over 60,000 Signatures Urging Council to Stand With Families (for Paid Sick Leave), Not Corporate Interests [Media Mobilizing Project] “According to the public disclosure documents filed with the City of Philadelphia’s Board of Ethics, Philadelphia-based Comcast spent $108,429.25 in 2012 lobbying Council to block the paid sick leave bill in Philadelphia. Today’s petition, which lays bare Comcast’s efforts to block the sick days bill, has gathered over 60,000 signatures. More than 14,000 of those signatures are from self-identified Comcast customers.”
- Comcast will stream its entire content library for free from March 25-31 for its ‘Watchathon’ event [TheNextWeb]
- Comcast Internet Essentials brings low-cost Internet to more than 5,700 Philly families, up from 463 last year [Technically Philly]
- Comcast Tops in Veeps [Variety] “According to Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records, Comcast Corp. has 56 people with the title executive VP or senior VP. That’s tops among the parent companies of the four major U.S. broadcast nets.”
Supporters of the paid sick leave bill in City Council Chambers. Photo from CBS Local.
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Comcast / Media Mobilizing Project
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