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NEW YORK News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and Liberty Media chairman John Malone separately expressed interest Friday in a deal with NBC Universal, but confirmed no talks are currently being held with General Electric.
The comments coincided with GE posting a 44 percent decline in its third-quarter profit Friday as its NBCU entertainment arm outperformed on the bottom line with a 13 percent profit improvement over the year-ago period.
GE has been preparing its options for a possible exit from NBCU over time in case Vivendi decides in the coming weeks to sell its 20 percent stake in the entertainment firm.
It has negotiated the outlines of a deal that would see Comcast merge its content assets with NBCU and take a 51 percent stake in the merged entity.
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