Reviews Will Complete The Call On Final Approvals Of Comcast/NBCU Union
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News

It looks like the departure of NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker –  or at least the timing of it — is now in the hands of the Federal Communications Commission and/or the Justice Department.
Zucker said he will be leaving [...]

Argues deal deserves another vetting because it will ’set the benchmark’ for future consolidation
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable

Comcast/NBCU critics have sent letters to the heads of the relevant congressional committees calling for a “final” hearing on the proposed joint venture.
In letters to the chairs and ranking members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee [...]

On August 19th, Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumers Union filed Reply to Opposition to Petition to Deny Comcast/NBCU Transaction.
You can find the full brief here: http://www.mediaaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/ReplyOppositiontoPetitiontoDenyComcastNBCUtransaction.pdf

By David Lieberman, USA Today
Advocates for and against Comcast’s plan to buy NBC Universal weighed in one last time at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, the cut-off date for formal filings regarding the deal. Regulators are expected to rule on it by the end of the year.
While many comments haven’t surfaced yet at the [...]

Writers Guild West among organizations against merger
By Paul Harris, Variety
A host of industry orgs, consumer and media watchdog groups weighed in against the Comcast-NBC Universal deal on Thursday, the deadline for filing the last round of comments on the merger with the Federal Communications Commission.
In its filing, the Writers Guild of America West took issue [...]

By Georg Szalai, Reuters
The war of words between Comcast and its critics flared up once more as final responses during the Federal Communications Commission’s comment period for the largest U.S. cable firm’s planned acquisition of NBC Universal were due yesterday.
Critics highlighted potential dangers of what would be the biggest media combination in recent memory. Comcast [...]

WASHINGTON — Free Press, Media Access Project, Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union are filing comments with the Federal Communications Commission today to oppose Comcast’s proposed takeover of NBC Universal.
Free Press Policy Counsel Corie Wright said, “The public interest community has offered a mass of evidence that the proposed merger will hurt consumers and [...]

Media Access Project (MAP) filed reply comments on August 12th, together with the Center for Media Justice, Consumers Union, and the New America Foundation, in the Federal Communications Commission’s “broadband framework” docket.  The proceeding will determine whether or not the FCC has direct authority to regulate broadband Internet connectivity providers – to protect customers of [...]

The group is stepping up its lobbying efforts,calling for a close review of the proposed acquisition
By Katy Bachman, Mediaweek
The Coalition for Competition in Media, a group that opposes Comcast’s bid to acquire 51 percent of NBC Universal, is ramping up its lobbying efforts with letters to the National Association of Attorneys General and five state [...]

By Eliza Krigman, Congress Daily
Most panelists expressed serious concern, if not outright objection, to the proposed $30 billion merger of Comcast and NBC Universal at a public hearing the FCC held in Chicago Tuesday.
“Broadband and the Internet must not become the province of gatekeepers and toll booth collectors,” Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps said in his [...]