NBCU Plans More Than 5,000 Hours of Olympics Coverage

NBCU Debates Timing of Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show Debut

Sources say some network execs want to launch with Olympics in February; exec producer Lorne Michaels may want more time

hollywoodreporter.com (2 months and 2 days ago)

Drooping Ratings Pressure NBCU's Cash Cow

As Comcast nears completion of its $16.7 billion buyout of GE's stake in media giant NBCUniversal, it faces a slowdown in what has long been the engine of the business: NBCU's cable channels

wsj.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Companies Dodge Obamacare By Doing This

Since the Affordable Care Act passed into law, companies have been vocal about the drastic measures they'll take to avoid paying for basic health care coverage for their employees, including cutting hours and firing workers. An increasing number of companies now say paying the government's penalty to break the law will be cheaper than following it, The Wall Street Journal...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 11 days ago)

Organisers of 2014 Winter Olympics under fire after confirming plans to 'dispose' of 2,000 stray dogs and cats

independent.co.uk (1 month and 2 days ago)

Obamacare Won't Actually Push Employers To Stop Insuring Workers

Despite speculation indicating otherwise, most employers don’t plan to drop workers from their healthcare plans as a result of Obamacare, a new survey finds. Nearly 70 percent of benefit professionals said their companies “definitely will” keep offering coverage to full-time workers next year, when many of the provisions of President Obama’s healthcare reform law take...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 6 days ago)

Governor will ask Legislature to expand Medicaid coverage

Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul, a surprise decision from the vocal critic of President Barack Obama’s plan.

tcpalm.com (2 months and 30 days ago)

Florida plans to expand Medicaid

Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul.

pnj.com (2 months and 30 days ago)

Bafta nominations: three for Olympics – but four for Twenty Twelve

Three other programmes nominated four times: Accused and Last Tango in Halifax, and BBC2 Alfred Hitchcock film, The GirlIt was only to be expected that the BBC's acclaimed coverage of the London Olympics would be recognised at the Bafta television awards.But with three nominations, including Danny Boyle's spectacular opening ceremony, the Olympics has still ended up with one...

guardian.co.uk (1 month and 10 days ago)

Benedict spends first hours of retirement watching TV coverage of his historic departure

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI spent his first few hours of freedom watching television coverage of his departure from the Vatican, strolling in the gardens of the castle he now calls home and pondering his historic resignation.

telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 21 days ago)

Cut Coverage or Hours? Firms Grapple with Obamacare

For large retail and restaurant chains the big unknown in the year ahead is how much more they'll pay for health coverage.

cnbc.com (3 months and 7 days ago)