The Ticker: Comcast Buys, Rooney Writes, Fletcher Fictionalizes

By Chris Ariens 

  • Comcast has bought the 35-story 10 Universal City Plaza building in Los Angeles for approximately $420M, says Deadline. NBCU was already the majority tenant. NBC News’ West Coast operations will soon be moving to new offices on the nearby Universal City lot.

  • Former ABC and CBS News correspondent Brian Rooney has a new website. The Rooney Report is a subscription-based daily report that is a mix of straight news and “editorial wisecracks.” In his site design, he even uses a replica of his father Andy Rooney‘s famous Underwriter typewriter .

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  • NBC News correspondent Martin Fletcher’s latest work of fiction, “Jacob’s Oath” comes out Tuesday. The story is about two Holocaust survivors who meet after World War II, with one vowing revenge against the concentration camp guard who killed his brother.

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