From MainJustice.com:
Lawmakers at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on Comcast Corp.’s proposal to take a majority stake in NBC Universal put both company chiefs in the hot seat.
But legislators were interested in shining a spotlight not so much on whether the deal might raise antitrust concerns, but on the companies themselves and their track records on labor and diversity, and with independent producers…
…The merger, which was announced in early December, would give Comcast a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal. NBC’s current owner, General Electric Co., would hold the remaining 49 percent…
…Both the FCC and the Justice Department have to approve the deal. Comcast received its second request for documents from the Justice Department yesterday, according to Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice. That marked the start of the extended review of the deal…
