Comcast Explores Spin

Comcast Explores Spin-Out of Cable Network Business

The company’s president, Mike Cavanagh, said the company was also considering finding a partner for its Peacock streaming service.

Business - The New York Times - 3 hours ago

Comcast is exploring separation of cable networks business

NBCUniversal's cable networks portfolio includes Bravo, E!, Syfy, Oxygen True Crime, USA Network, as well as news networks MSNBC and CNBC.

Business - CNBC - 4 hours ago

Comcast Considers Spinning Off Cable Networks Such as MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo

The cable and entertainment company also said it will consider partnerships in streaming as it posted a jump in third-quarter revenue fueled by its media businesses.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 5 hours ago

Comcast considers spinning off cable channels like MSNBC. But analysts have doubts

Comcast is considering spinning off its cable network business, which includes USA Network, Syfy and Bravo, as the media giant grabbles with the changes in the linear television industry.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 19 minutes ago

Comcast tops earnings estimates as Olympics propel the company

Comcast beat third-quarter earnings estimates as the Summer Olympics in Paris boosted NBCUniversal’s revenue and Peacock’s subscriber count.

Business - CNBC - 8 hours ago

Uber explored takeover bid for Expedia

Buying travel website would be ride-hailing group’s biggest deal as it looks to diversify

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Boeing Explores Sale of Space Business

New CEO seeks buyers for Starliner and other NASA projects in quest to rescue manufacturer.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 6 days ago

Why a possible spinoff of Comcast’s cable networks is drawing cheers

Analysts think Comcast’s sprawling empire could get more investor respect without its troubled cable networks, and the networks could benefit from being on their own as well.

Business - MarketWatch - 6 hours ago

Comcast's potential cable networks separation will test the appetite for media reconfiguration

If Comcast moves forward with its idea of spinning off NBCUniversal's cable networks, it could begin a rollup throughout the media industry.

Business - CNBC - 18 minutes ago

England stunned by spin after Duckett century

Pakistan’s spinners rip through the England middle order to turn the second Test on its head on the second day in Multan.

Veterans deserve the truth, not spin with the VA budget

VA officials are asking for a budget increase to cover a projected $15 billion shortfall, but their own numbers and estimates contradict what they are asking for and why, and solutions such as ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

FirstFT: Uber explored bid for travel website Expedia

Also in today’s newsletter, Kamala Harris locks horns with Fox News interviewer Bret Baier and Wall Street roars back

World - Financial Times - October 17

Ministers explore handing Post Office to sub-postmasters

The proposal is in its early stages and is one of many under consideration, sources told the BBC.

Ministers explore plan to hand Post Office to subpostmasters

Campaigner Alan Bates says mutualisation won’t work as organisation will continue to need government subsidies. Ministers want to turn the Post Office into a co-operative and have asked business ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Cooper Hewitt’s Triennial Explores the Idea of Home

Starting in November, 25 new site-specific installations that explore the idea of home will fill the former Carnegie mansion in Manhattan.

Science - The New York Times - October 23

Cooper Hewitt’s Triennial Explores the Idea of Home

Starting in November, 25 new site-specific installations that explore the idea of home will fill the former Carnegie mansion in Manhattan.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 23

Two BBC documentaries explore the stark binaries of Trump

‘Trump: A Criminal Conspiracy’ outlines why many see the ex-president as a threat to democracy while ‘Trump: A Second Chance’ follows a group of his supporters

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Early voting is surging across the U.S. Explore the data.

Early voting has begun in states across the country where voters are able to cast their ballots either in person or via mail.

Pakistan roll the dice and gamble on spin trio for second Test with England

Hosts drop regulars and bring in veteran spinners in the hope the Multan pitch used last week will turn this time . “There is no change in the approach,” insisted Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan’s ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

NetEase announces Destiny: Rising, a mobile RPG spin-off of Bungie’s series

NetEase's partnership with Bungie is bearing fruit: A mobile title called Destiny: Rising, set in an alternate universe.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 14

‘No complaints’: England’s McCullum unfazed by Pakistan’s pitch tactic

Hosts opted to re-use pitch in Multan after first Test loss PCB wants turning surface for Rawalpindi decider Brendon McCullum may believe that only Superman could have saved England from defeat ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

Irresistible Mitchell Santner spins New Zealand to historic victory in India

New Zealand win Test series in India for the first time Santner takes 13 wickets in career-defining performance India collapsed to a humiliating series defeat at home, their first for 12 years, ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Pakistan find ‘kryptonite to Bazball’ after putting England batters in a spin

Nasser Hussain says home side ‘exposed England’ Ben Stokes accepts surface not to blame for loss Nasser Hussain said Pakistan discovered “the kryptonite to Bazball” after England were humbled ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

The Spin | The magic of Mitch Santner and New Zealand’s historic series win in India

Bowler’s superb display to end India’s 12-year home dominance followed Kiwis’ glorious sporting weekend . Mitchell Santner bowls in his contact lenses but bats in his glasses. It feels like part of ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday