The Hollywood Reporter
Last week was a busy dealmaking time for GE.
The company not only closed its long-awaited $37.5 billion merger agreement with Comcast to create an enlarged NBC Universal but also quietly signed a new three-year contract with NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker to keep him at the company through 2013.
Last week, Comcast and GE said that Zucker will be CEO of the new joint venture, which is 51% owned by Comcast and 49% by GE, reporting to Comcast COO Steve Burke.
Because the Comcast deal is expected to take up to 18 months to clear regulatory hurdles, Zucker’s new pact would allow him to run the new NBC Uni for at least another year and a half.
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