Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Comcast is going to spin off many of their networks. Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:15:38 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <876906836.753838066.347756.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:15:35 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3af67e558b52ed013a628e4ecb2a5d91"; logging-data="1131459"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19W6OE3rdVLc/DW7A3C9V23" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ykZzKpXmyrNG4PiA8vWxmhRF6M0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2165 On 11/21/2024 8:39 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > shawn 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 -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.