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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Comcast is going to spin off many of their networks.
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:15:38 -0800
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On 11/21/2024 8:39 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> 
>>> . . .
> 
>> Yet, I was reading an article about the move last night and the
>> writers (some financial analysts) believe the real money is coming
>>from CNBC and MSNBC. I don't have the data to say one way or the other
>> but they believed that freeing those two channels from NBC/Comcast
>> will stop people from taking money from them to feed to pet projects.
>> (Sounds a lot like what I keep hearing about Hollywood and how the
>> money making projects end up funding everything else.)
> 
> Of course, any business in a large conglomerate would benefit from not
> having its revenues diverted to something else, and to be able to sink
> cash back into growing its own business.
> 
One assumes you meant to type "able to sink cash into stock buy-backs".  :P

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