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Re: Olympic coverage
> > <<On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:44:15 -0500, Richard Chonak <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us> said:
> >
> > > Wouldn't it have made sense for NBC to put some of their
> > > Olympic coverage on PAX over-the-air TV rather than their cable
> > > outlets?
> >
> > That presumes that PAX and NBC were still on speaking terms....
> >
> > -GAWollman
>
> Has something changed? Last I heard, GE still owned some 32%
> of PAX.
>
> --RC
I'll answer my own question: yes! When NBC started moves to
buy Telemundo, that made an eventual NBC-Pax buyout less likely,
given ownership constraints.
It's reported in
http://www.nypost.com/business/37366.htm
http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/bentley/v-print/story/1312093p-1380484c.html
So (cue Emily Litella:) never mind! :-)
--RC
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