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Hingham, MA | My thoughts on a TWX-NBCU merger would be that for one thing, Universal Studios would probably be disposed of to some buyer- no point in having both Warner Bros. and Universal in one company (and I believe Warner is larger, though I'm not sure). I think TWX buying NBCU from GE makes far more sense than the other way- The GE conglomerate is coming under pressure from investors for being too diverse, and the media side is often targeted as an asset for divestment.
An NBCU-TWX combination makes sense on some levels, but in other places there are problems- for just one example Time Warner's executives have stated that while they'd like a broadcast network, they're not too interested in owning broadcast television stations (and for further proof of this, look how the old WB or the current CW is set up- TWX owns no affiliated stations). And yet, on the other hand, in the current situation it'd likely be difficult to find buyers for NBC's O&O stations group without massively discounting the price.
I like "NBC Time Warner" for the merged name, but it has the problem that it's very similar to "AOL Time Warner"... If they don't sell off or kill off Universal, that could add some interesting names ("Time Universal" sounds rather neat) |
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| actually... NBCU Has put most of its owned and operated stations on the selling block.
They won't get rid of WNBC Flagship in NYC but they're slowly vacating KNBC and moving everything down to Universal City.
In reality, most NBC Stations now a days are no more than affiliates. Which goes in-line with not owning stations, but rather selling a "product."
Well they'll figure it out one way or another. As long as I get paid every other Friday; they can call the company UniTimeNBCWarnerBravoTelemundoSciFiUSANetChillerMun2SleuthYoMamma or Whatchamacallit hahahah. |
