View Post MSNBC | TV Biz | WebNewser NBCU Spent $195 Million To Buy Back Half Of MSNBC.com By Alex Weprin on Feb. 21, 2013 - 10:33 AM Thanks to Comcast’s 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, we now know how much NBCUniversal spent to buy back the 50% of MSNBC.com that was owned by Microsoft. The total purchase price for Microsoft’ ...
NBC NBCNews.com Screws Up, Reports Astronaut ‘Neil Young’ Dies By Alex Weprin on Aug. 25, 2012 - 4:28 PM While I gave NBC News credit for breaking the news of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s death, someone at NBCNews.com screwed up big time with this headline, confusing Neil Armstrong and Neil Young: No, Neil Young was not an astron ...