Hey FCC: Approve the Comcast-NBC Merger, Already
by Seton Motley
Comcast and NBC-Universal (NBCU) have been waiting to merge for, well, ever. Or at least it seems that way.
Mergers of this sort are supposed to be approved within 180 days of applying to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Justice Department for permission. (As offensive as that may sound – two companies reaching mutually agreeable business terms having to then play Mother May I with the government – that is the way it currently goes.)
Those 180 days expired sometime around Thanksgiving. Yet here we are halfway through January – and Comcast and NBCU are still awaiting the FCC’s blessing.
Tonight at 9p ET — direct link to listen live or post-show archive:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/askshow/2011/01/19/the-andrea-shea-king-show

