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- NBC regroups under Comcast with new cuts, spending[Philadelphia Inquirer] “NBC slashes Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight’ pay in half, but forks out more than $8 billion to renew its broadcast rights to Sunday Night Football.Rumors swirl about a salary cut for Matt Lauer and Alec Baldwin tweets an offer to cut his salary, even as the network gambles on a $4.4 billion bid for the Olympics.Is this any way to run a network that’s been stuck at No. 4 in the prime-time ratings for eight seasons?”
- Comcast launches Astros, Rockets channel in Houston [Philadelphia Inquirer] “Fifteen years after it first televised the Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers games on its own regional sports network in Philadelphia, Comcast Corp. has launched its 11th sports channel in a partnership with Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros and the National Basketball Association’s Rockets.
- Comcast launches Election Central to help voters follow the presidential campaign [Boston.com]
- Aggressive Comcast salespeople alarm Seattle neighborhood: Northwest News [The Oregonian]
- Comcast to mark LGBT History Month [Philadelphia Magazine] “This week (Oct. 10) volunteers with OUT@Comcast, the company’s LGBT employee group, will present the LGBT health center with a $1,330 grant from the Comcast Foundation, along with five netbooks to help connect clients to important health information and human services.”
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