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Entertainment & Sports

Jun. 9, 2010

Diversity At Issue In NBC Merger

Lawmakers, entertainment executives and media industry analysts voiced concerns at a Congressional hearing Monday about the potential impact of the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal merger on programming diversity.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Several lawmakers, entertainment executives and media industry analysts used a Congressional hearing in South Los Angeles Monday on the proposed merger of cable giant Comcast and NBC Universal to voice concerns about the effects the transaction could have on programming diversity.

Members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee presided over the four-hour hearing, org...

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