The compulsion to get GE execs on the record about NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) future—maybe we can make it a drinking game during the Olympics—continues despite the recent reorganization keeping the media and entertainment company as a core division and repeated assertions that it will remain part of GE. Caveat:…

Yes, we’re getting close to that time again… GE, the parent company of NBCU, has announced surprisingly weak Q1 results with continuing income sliding 8 percent to $4.36 billion from $4.9 billion. Total revenue was still up 8 percent year-over-year to $42.2 billion, from $39.2 billion. NBC was pretty languid,…

If the tom-toms keep beating, eventually they’ll be right. It’s official: Beth Comstock is moving back to GE after two-plus years at NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The move was first reported by the NY Post, which has been predicting Comstock’s return to GE almost since she arrived at NBCU in…

NBCU parent and economic bellwether GE posted Q4 revenue of $48.5 billion, up 18 percent from the $41.2 billion in the year-ago period. Net income grew 17 percent to $6.7 billion ($.68/share) from $5.9 billion ($.58/share). At NBCU, revenue grew 8 percent, to $4.5 billion, while profits rose 10 percent,…