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AP sources: Comcast exploring stake in NBC

Published: October 1, 2009 5:54 PM
By The Associated Press  DEBORAH YAO (AP Business Writer)

Quick ReadAP sources: Comcast in talks to increase its heft in entertainment industry with NBC Universal

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Comcast Corp. might spend billions for a stake in NBC Universal, a deal that would transform the nation's largest cable TV provider into one of the most prominent owners of TV shows, movies and other programming as well.

General Electric Co., which owns 80 percent of NBC Universal, has been in talks with Comcast to unload part of the entertainment unit, people familiar...

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