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NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.

President & Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Zucker
Number of Employees 15,500
Contact Information

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

www.nbc.com

1 212 664 4444

NAICS Code Motion Picture and Video Production: 512110

Recent Events

  • NBC Universal Selects The Keller Fay Group to Support Winter Olympics Advertising Research Efforts

    12/09/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Schuller group buys 2 faith-based media companies

    12/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Cohen sued over 'Bruno' movie

    12/08/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • AMD, Nvidia Gain as Apple ...

    12/08/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Marvin Ammori: The Holiday Season of Internet TV. Time to Cancel Your Cable Subscription

    12/07/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • NBC-Comcast Deal Puts Broadcast TV in Doubt

    12/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Ad World Looks for Progress From NBCU-Comcast

    12/06/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Time Warner Cable to Comcast: Integration not easy

    12/09/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Arbitron, comScore and Omniture to Provide NBC with Cross-Platform Audience Measurement for 2010 Win

    12/04/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • From 30 Rock to 17th & Arch

    12/04/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Stocks fall on ISM services data, payrolls angst

    12/03/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Comcast to Acquire Control of NBC Universal in $30B Deal

    12/03/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story

  • Comcast poised to join ranks of entertainment giants

    12/03/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • '30 Rock': Being Tina Fey [Updated]

    12/05/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Comcast lands NBC in deal that reshapes media (Reuters)

    12/03/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • NBC chief says more cash going to broadcast shows

    12/08/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • TIMELINE: NBC, Universal through the 20th century and beyond

    12/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Comcast Buys 51% Share of NBC Universal

    12/09/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • Comcast, NBC announce $30 billion merger

    12/03/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

nbc universal inc. and u.s. - All News and Analysis

  • This weekend on TV

    - 2008-08-23

    Saturday on TV Summer Olympics: NBC (Ch. 5) has coverage from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 6:30-11 p.m. and 11:30-4 a.m.; CNBC from 10 p.m.-midnight; MSNBC from 6-8 a.m.; Oxygen from 7-9 p.m.; and USA from 7-8 a.m. and 3-7 a.m. Little League World Series: International championship (10:30...

    Tags: CNBC, MSNBC, NBC Universal Inc., TVs, U.S.

  • Must-see TV

    - 2008-08-22

    Marquee events today, Saturday and Sunday: Lightning strikes again: Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt hits the track again, this time in the 4x100-meter relay. And the near-equally impressive Jamaican women go in their 4x100 (NBC, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET today). The USA mines for gold...

    Tags: NBC Universal Inc., U.S., women

  • Must-see TV

    - 2008-08-20

    Today's marquee events: On the track: Americans Shawn Crawford, Wallace Spearmon and Walter Dix go after Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt in the men's 200 meters. Lots of luck with that. Another USA-Jamaica duel sets up in the women's 400 hurdles, where top qualifier Sheena Tosta and...

    Tags: NBC Universal Inc., sensation, U.S., women

  • Sunday at the Games

    - 2008-08-18

    Tennis Rafael Nadal becomes No. 1 in the world today. He'll also wake up an Olympic champion. Nadal overcame two set points in the second set and held every service game to beat Chile's Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The Williams sisters...

    Tags: game, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic, U.S., women

  • USA smells 'psychological warfare'

    - 2008-08-14

    BEIJING -- After losing the gold medal to China on Wednesday, the national team director for U.S. women's gymnastics made several charges about how officials are running the competition. Team coordinator Martha Karolyi said Alicia Sacramone was made to wait too long to compete on the...

    Tags: Beijing, broadcaster, NBC Universal Inc., team, U.S.

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jeff Zucker President & Chief Executive Officer
Alan Wurtzel President, Res & Media Development
Bonnie Hammer President, Cable Entertainment and Cable Studio
David Zaslav President, Domestic TV, New Media Distribution & NBC Cable
John P. Wallace President, NBC Owned-and-Operated Television Stations
John W. Eck President, Media Works, and Chief Information Officer
Keith G. Turner President, Sales & Marketing
Lauren Zalaznick President, Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks
Mark Hoffman President, CNBC
Peter Smith President, NBC Universal International
Ron Meyer President & Chief Operating Officer, Universal Studios
Steve Capus President, NBC News
John Miller Chief Marketing Officer
Lynn Calpeter Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Anna Perez Executive Vice President, Communications
Brandon Burgess Executive Vice President, Business Development
Bruce Campbell Executive Vice President, Business Development
Cormac Shields Executive Vice President, Communications
Marc Chini Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Marc Saperstein Senior Executive Vice President, HR & Communications
Paula Madison Executive Vice President of Diversity
Rick Cotton General Counsel & Executive Vice President
Dan Harrison Senior Vice President, Emerging Network
Ken Wilkey Senior Vice President, TV Stations & Cable Technology
Kevin Sullivan Senior Vice President, Corp Communications & Media Relations
Sari DeCesare Senior Vice President, Network & Cable Entertainment Res
Antoinette Zel Vice President
Susan Haspel Vice President, Corp Community Affairs
Dirk Lisowsky Managing Director, Europe
Elizabeth Nicholson Van Hooven Managing Director, Universal Pictures Australasia
Deborah Fine Head, IVillage Group
Tina Silvestri Senior Vice President, Media Operations, NBC Local Media

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Dick Ebersol Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics
Robert C. Wright Vice Chairman

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer Current
General Electric Company President & Chief Executive Officer, NBC Universal Current
Robin Hood Foundation Board of Directors Current
American Film Institute Board of Trustees Current
The Paley Center for Media Board of Trustees Current
Museum of The Moving Image Board of Trustees Current
Museum of The Moving Image Member of Executive Committee Current
NBC Universal Television Networks Group President Former
The Harvard Crimson President Former
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Producer Former
NBC Sports Olympic Coverage Former
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Inc. Board of Directors Former
Harvard College Bachelor’s Degree in American History Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Res & Media Development Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Cable Entertainment and Cable Studio Current
USA Networks President Former
Sci-Fi Channel President Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Domestic TV, New Media Distribution & NBC Cable Current
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. President, Cable Current
The Cable Center Current
TiVo Inc. Board of Directors Current
A&E Television Networks Board of Directors Current
Cable Com Inc. Board of Directors Current
Fordham University adjunct professor Former
Boston University J.D. degree Former
Boston University School of Law J.D. Degree Former
State University of New York at Binghamton B.S. degree Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, NBC Owned-and-Operated Television Stations Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Television Operations and Productions Services Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Media Works, and Chief Information Officer Current
NBC Internet President, Media Works, & Chief Information Officer, NBC Universal Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Sales & Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Bravo Network President Current
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks Current
Sugar, Inc Board of Directors Current
Oxygen Media, LLC President Former
NBC Universal, Inc. President, Oxygen Media Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, CNBC Current
CNBC President Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, NBC Universal International Current

Ron Meyer was appointed president and chief operating officer of Universal Studios on August 1, 1995. Prior to joining Universal, Meyer was president of Creative Artists Agency, Inc., which he founded in 1975 with four fellow agents from the William Morris Agency. Over the years they built the company into the preeminent talent agency, representing many of the industry's most influential and talented people, and later expanding its range of services to include consulting with leading American and international corporations. Previously, Meyer was a television agent with the William Morris Agency from 1970 to 1975. Prior to that, he worked as a messenger at the Paul Kohner Agency in Los Angeles from 1964 to 1970. Before joining the Paul Kohner Agency, Meyer served in the United States Marine Corps. He lives in Malibu, California, with his wife, Kelly Chapman, and has three daughters and a son.

Organization Position Status
Universal Studios President & Chief Operating Officer Current
NBC Universal, Inc. President & Chief Operating Officer, Universal Studios Current
General Electric Company Current
William Morris Agency Incorporated television agent Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. President, NBC News Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Current

Lynn Calpeter is executive vice president and chief financial officer of NBC Universal, a role she has held since May 2004. She is responsible for overseeing NBC Universal's financial planning and operations and plays a key role in the company's strategic business initiatives. She reports directly to Jeff Zucker, the chief executive officer of NBC Universal. Prior to this role, Calpeter served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of NBC since July 2003. Before that, she was chief financial officer of the NBC Television Stations Division from 1999 to 2001, after which she served as vice president of the GE Corporate Audit Staff in Fairfield, Connecticut. Calpeter is a veteran GE executive, having joined the company in 1986 through the Financial Management Program after college. Following the Financial Management Program, Calpeter spent six years on the GE Corporate Audit Staff, where she was involved in several operational and financial audits at a number of GE businesses, including Aircraft Engines, Plastics and NBC. In 1993, Calpeter joined GE Plastics, where she served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in her appointment in 1998 as Manager, GEP Global PSI. Calpeter is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Business Management and Applied Economics. Her outside interests include golf, softball, mountain biking, theater and music.

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Chief Financial Officer, NBC Television Stations Division Former
General Electric Company Vice President, GE Corporate Audit Staff Former
GE Plastics Manager, GEP Global PSI Former
Cornell University B.S., Business Management & Applied Economics Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Communications Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Business Development Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Business Development Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Communications Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Human Resources Current
GE Infrastructure Vice President, Human Resources Former
GE Transportation Systems Vice President, Human Resources Former
GE Plastics Manager, Human Resources, Americas Operations Former
GE Appliances Manager, Human Resources, Sales, Service and Marketing Former
Liberty Life Insurance Company Manager, Compensation & Benefits Former

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Executive Vice President, HR & Communications Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Executive Vice President of Diversity Current
NBC Universal, Inc. President & General Manager, KNBC, Los Angeles Former

Rick Cotton was named executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal in August 2004. He supervises the NBC Universal Law Department, which provides legal advice to all NBC Universal business units for their ongoing operations and for new strategic plans and acquisitions. In addition, he oversees NBC Universal's global regulatory and legislative agenda, including the company’s worldwide anti-piracy efforts. Cotton reports directly to Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal. In January 2007 Cotton was named Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce cross-sector Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP), which represents over 500 companies and associations who have come together to fight the vital economic battle against counterfeiting and piracy. He serves on the Steering Committee of BASCAP, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy, an arm of the International Chamber of Commerce dedicated to the enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights worldwide. From 2000 to 2004, Cotton served as president and managing director of London-based CNBC Europe. Under his leadership CNBC Europe dramatically upgraded its on-air presentation; expanded its reach across Europe to 85 million homes; developed programming partnerships in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Russia, and the Middle East; and won brand recognition in leading marketing publications and throughout the European business and financial communities. Before joining CNBC Europe Cotton served as executive vice president and general counsel of NBC, a position he held for eleven years. From 1987 to 1989, Cotton was the president and chief executive officer of Washington-based management company HCX Inc. From 1980 to 1986, he was in private practice, specializing in health and environmental regulation, First Amendment and libel issues, and litigation in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels. He was appointed the deputy executive secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare under Secretary Joseph A. Califano in 1977 and was named the executive secretary in 1978. In 1980 he became the special counsel to Deputy Secretary John Sawhill of the U.S. Department of Energy. Cotton served as law clerk to Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1969 to 1970 and to Justice William J. Brennan Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1971. After completing his undergraduate degree in 1965 at Harvard, Cotton joined Newsweek magazine as a correspondent in the Chicago bureau. In 1969 he graduated cum laude from the Yale Law School, where he was the executive editor of the Yale Law Journal. He lives in New York and has two children, Rachel and Jon.

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. General Counsel & Executive Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal Television Networks Group Senior Vice President, Emerging Networks Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, Emerging Network Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, TV Stations & Cable Technology Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, Corp Communications & Media Relations Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, Network & Cable Entertainment Res Current

Organization Position Status
Telemundo Communications Group, LLC Senior Executive Vice President, Network Strategy Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Vice President, Corp Community Affairs Current

Organization Position Status
General Electric Company Managing Director, Europe, NBC Universal Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Managing Director, Europe Current

Organization Position Status
General Electric Company Managing Director, Universal Pictures Australasia, NBC Universal Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Managing Director, Universal Pictures Australasia Current
Sony Pictures Entertainment Former

Organization Position Status
iVillage Inc. President Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Head, IVillage Group Current

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, Media Operations, NBC Local Media Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, NBC Local Media Former
NBC Universal, Inc. Vice President, Research, NBC Local Media Former
NBC Universal Television Networks Group Director, News Digitization Projects Former
Wnbc Research Director, WNBC New York Former
State University of New York - Stony Brook B.A., Sociology Former

Dick Ebersol was named chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics in May 2005, after serving as chairman of NBC Sports & Olympics since June 1998. He is responsible for all sports programming on the NBC and USA networks, along with overseeing every aspect of NBC Universal’s involvement with the Olympic Games. Ebersol reports directly to Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal. Beginning in 1967, when he temporarily dropped out of Yale University to join Roone Arledge and ABC Sports as television’s first-ever Olympic researcher, Ebersol has continually forged new paths. In 1975 Ebersol became NBC's first ever vice president under the age of 30 when he was named Vice President, Late Night Programming at age 28. In 1977, Ebersol was named NBC’s Vice President of Comedy, Variety & Event Programming. After a spell away from the company, Ebersol returned to NBC on May 1, 1989, as president of NBC Sports to undertake the challenge of rebuilding the division. From 1989-91 Ebersol also held the title of Senior Vice President, NBC News. In June 1998, Ebersol was appointed Chairman, NBC Sports & Olympics. In addition to running NBC Sports, Ebersol oversees every aspect of NBC’s involvement with the Olympic Games, which in June 2003 was extended to include the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In May of 2004, NBC Universal was formed through the merger of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment and Ebersol has overseen the seamless merger of NBC Universal’s sports properties through the combined assets of USA Network and NBC Sports. Ebersol has regularly been among the top 10 honorees on The Sporting News' annual list of the 100 most powerful sports figures, including 1996 when he was named the publication’s Most Powerful Person in Sports. In 1992, Ebersol was awarded the Olympic Order, an honor periodically bestowed by the International Olympic Committee to recognize remarkable contributions to the Olympic Movement. In 2000, the March of Dimes honored Ebersol with its Corporate Leadership Award. At the 2003 Michael S. Modell Awards Dinner, Ebersol was presented with the prestigious Dick Schaap Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports.

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Current
NBC Sports President Former
NBC Universal, Inc. Senior Vice President, NBC News Former
Yale University B.A. Former

Mr. Wright has been a director of the Company since May 2007. He has been a Senior Advisor at Lee Equity Partners, LLC, an investment firm, since May 2008. He served as the Vice Chairman of General Electric Company’s (“GE”) board and as an Executive Officer and a member of the Corporate Executive Office of GE from 2000 to May 2008. Mr. Wright joined NBC as President and Chief Executive Officer in 1986, and was made Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the network in 2001. He then served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NBC Universal from 2004 to 2007, and continued to serve as Chairman of the NBC Universal board of directors until 2007. Prior to his association with NBC and NBC Universal, Mr. Wright served as President of General Electric Financial Services and, before that, as President of Cox Cable Communications.

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board Director Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Chairman & CEO Former
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. President & CEO Former
NBC Universal, Inc. Universal Director Former
General Electric Company Board of Directors Former
General Electric Company Vice Chairman Former

Executive News

  • 'SNL' Midlife Crisis? Not Likely.

    Washington Post - 9/08/09 - View Story

  • Tom Shales on TV: Taking a Look at 'Saturday Night Live'

    Washington Post - 9/08/09 - View Story

  • For 'SNL,' Doubts Follow A Banner Year

    Washington Post - 9/07/09 - View Story

  • Shales: For 'SNL,' Doubts Follow Banner Year

    Washington Post - 9/07/09 - View Story

  • Discovery chief David Zaslav transforms television company

    USA Today - 9/01/09 - View Story

  • Oprah Winfrey Network slow to get off the ground

    Los Angeles Times - 8/27/09 - View Story

  • Two Top Programming Execs Out at Oprah's OWN

    Broadcast Newsroom - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Two Top Program Execs Out at Oprah's OWN

    Broadcast Newsroom - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Bob Garfield Nails It With 'The Chaos Scenario'

    Media Post - 8/20/09 - View Story

  • 3-D Makes Its Way Toward Home TVs

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 8/19/09 - View Story

  • TV executives in search of a business model

    Broadcast Engineering Magazine - 8/18/09 - View Story

  • Media, Ad Firms Seek Nielsen Alternatives

    The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition - 8/15/09 - View Story

  • Discovery Communications Joins Comcast OnDemand Online Trial

    Broadcast Newsroom - 8/12/09 - View Story

  • Late-night viewers hop from show to show

    Philadelphia Inquirer - 8/11/09 - View Story

  • NBC Universal ups Hilary Smith

    Variety - 7/14/09 - View Story

  • Hilary Smith Upped to Senior Vice President, Communications, NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks

    Globe Investor - 7/14/09 - View Story

  • Hilary Smith Upped to Senior Vice President, Communications, NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 7/14/09 - View Story

  • Jackson service a national viewing experience

    San Jose Mercury News - 7/07/09 - View Story

  • USA Tops For Summer

    Broadcast Newsroom - 7/06/09 - View Story

  • Tonight Show Audience a Decade Younger

    New York Times - 7/06/09 - View Story

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