Comcast eyeing NBC Universal

    Comcast is in negotiations to buy NBC Universal, in the Philadelphia-based cable giant’s latest bid to acquire content to fill up the airwaves and send over the distribution network it owns. Joining Marty in-studio to talk about the proposed deal, its effect on the communications industry, local media access and ownership, and how we watch what we want to watch, are the Philadelphia Inquirer’s BOB FERNANDEZ and BETH McCONNELL of the Media and Democracy Coalition. Listen to the mp3

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