Senator Seeks Probe of Comcast for Naming NBC Managers
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U.S. Senator Al Franken, a former NBC comedian, asked federal officials to investigate whether Comcast Corp. violated antitrust law by naming new managers at NBC Universal as regulators weigh the purchase.
“Comcast’s actions may constitute ‘gun-jumping’ in violation of the letter and spirit of federal antitrust law,” Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, said in a letter to Christine Varney, the assistant U.S. attorney general for antitrust. Franken’s office released the letter by e-mail today.