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NEWS ABOUT: Landmark Communications

Weather Channel Sells for $3.5B

NBC, Blackstone, and Bain score cable stalwart for far under expected $5B

(Newser) - NBC is heading an investor group that will buy the Weather Channel for nearly $3.5 billion—well below the $5 billion Landmark Communications was expecting when it put the iconic cable channel up for sale in January. The group, which includes private equity firms Bain Capital and the Blackstone... More »

Forecast Sunny Indeed for Weather Channel Sale

Private cable channel could attract $5B from big industry name

(Newser) - Some big companies are taking an interest in the newly for-sale Weather Channel, one of the last privately owned cable channels. NBC, News Corporation and Comcast are rumored to be eying the popular source of meteorology one prospective buyer dubbed "beachfront property" on the basic-cable landscape. The channel could... More »

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