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The owner of A&E, Lifetime and History is currently owned by Disney and Hearst, and has retained Wells Fargo as it looks into ...
The sale would include popular cable networks such as A&E, History, and Lifetime. The Great Cable Sell-Off is shaping up to ...
Comcast‘s cable TV spinoff company now has a name: Versant.. The new venture, first unveiled last year, will include most of Comcast’s cable TV assets, including USA, Syfy, E!, CNBC, MSNBC ...
Versant (pronounced like “conversant”) will house TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC, USA and E! along with other media properties. There is an expectation that Versant will seek to build upon ...
Comcast is spinning off most of its NBCUniversal cable network portfolio, including USA, MSNBC and CNBC. The company chose the name Versant, not intended to be consumer-facing, to emphasize its ...
The spinoff of Comcast‘s cable networks has a name: Versant.. Mark Lazarus, who will lead the new unit, wrote in a memo to staffers, “Versant represents more than a name – it speaks to our ...
The Emmy-winning journalist is known for her coverage of the internet and disinformation. MSNBC and NBC News are in the ...
Three out of the four staffing announcements involve moving over current NBCUniversal employees to Versant. NBC has been ...
Comcast’s Versant has found a temporary location for its New York headquarters, TheWrap has learned. The space, which has been referred to internally as “Summer Camp,” will be located at 229 West 43rd ...
Jessica Kurdali, who has supervised news talent relations for years for NBCUniversal’s news properties, will jump to Versant, the cable-networks operations that parent Comcast is spinning off ...
Versant is on track to be spun out from Comcast before the end of 2025, Lazarus confirmed. The assets held by the new company generated about $7 billion in revenue last year.
Comcast’s SpinCo, which will include USA, MSNBC, CNBC and E!, will be renamed Versant to emphasize corporate versatility and adaptability, the company said.