Comcast, the parent company of NBC, has purchased MSNBC.com in its entirety. With Microsoft now out of the partnership, MSNBC.com will be renamed and users who go to the website will be redirected to a new website. We reported in May that NBC was in talks to buy out Microsoft and it appears the deal [...]
Paul Butler: Can He Make Magic Johnson’s Aspire Network a Contender
July 6, 2012 | Posted by
As the General Manager of Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s new cable network, ASPiRE—which launched on June 27, 2012—Paul Butler is at the forefront of African-American ownership in the cable industry. A lawyer by training, Butler is well-known throughout the entertainment industry as an astute and respected executive who has held senior leadership positions at Queen Latifah’s [...]
Cable Providers Expand Free Wi-Fi
May 21, 2012 | Posted by
If you buy Internet access through your cable provider, your subscription is about to get much more mobile. Five of the nation’s largest cable providers, including Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (TWC, Fortune 500), Cablevision (CVC, Fortune 500), Bright House and Cox, announced on Monday that they will allow customers of any of the other [...]
