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Comcast is planning to tap into the news resources at NBC and its British pay-TV broadcaster Sky to launch an international television news channel that will compete with CNN International and BBC World News. NBC Sky World News will go live over the summer and NBC News chairman Andy Lack told the Financial Times that…

NBC News president Deborah Turness has been named the first president of NBC News International as NBC takes an ownership stake in Euronews, which will be renamed Euronews NBC, NBC News chairman Andrew Lack announced this morning. Noah Oppenhiem, the executive in charge of Today, has been upped to NBC News…

Comcast's NBCUniversal is in exclusive talks to buy a stake in European multilingual news outlet Euronews. According to a report from Reuters, NBC News said it was “in discussions with Euronews about a potential investment and collaborative partnership.” Euronews' supervisory board has mandated its chief exec Michael…

In a move that further integrates the NBCUniversal cable news network and its NBC News unit, the network has tapped NBC News SVP Editorial Janelle Rodriguez to head up MSNBC’s daytime schedule. Rodriguez will report to MSNBC president Phil Griffin and NBC News prez Deborah Turness. The move follows MSNBC’s increased…

Word that NBCUniversal is in talks to bring back Andrew Lack as news chief in hopes of restoring the division’s stature — and ratings — set industry observers to talking about who’d be the big winners in this development, and who not so much. Brian Williams, for instance, will now have another pal in the place, as the…

NBC News is looking at bringing back Andrew Lack — the guy who ran the place from 1993 through 2001, turning the division around and bringing it to No. 1 status across the board. Sources say Lack’s name heads a “mix” of people with whom the company is talks for a top post at the news operation, as it looks to dig its…

To: Steve Burke, Pat Fili & Deborah Turness: So, OK, you folks sent one kind of message with the six-month suspension of Nightly News anchor Brian Williams (though I'm still not quite sure what it is). It's been widely reported that Williams' new contract pays him $10 million a year. Assuming you now have some spare…

The NBC Nightly News anchor today told staff in a memo that he is temporarily stepping away from the anchor desk. “Presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions,” Williams said Saturday.  Read the full memo below. This comes one day after NBC News boss Deborah Turness announced that the division is now…

NBC News has launched an internal investigation into Brian Williams’ statements about his reporting in Iraq, led by the head of its own investigative unit. Deadline confirmed the news just before a memo to staff from NBC News chief Deborah Turness came to light (read it in full below). “As you would expect, we have a…

UPDATED with more details: Industry execs continue to ruminate whether Brian Williams will survive the Chinook blunder that has put in question his future as managing editor of NBC News and anchor of its flagship broadcast. This morning, when tongues were wagging about last night’s on-air apology — for which the…

CNN VP Programming Janelle Rodriguez is joining NBC News as SVP Editorial. Starting in January, she will work with editorial chiefs across all platforms, explained NBC News chief Deborah Turness, to whom Rodriguez will report. Rodriguez will have oversight of specialist editorial units at NBC News — currently…

Another day, another damage-control move by NBC News President, Deborah Turness. This morning, she was compelled to issue a statement saying, “The entire Today show anchor team — Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Willie Geist, Carson Daly, Tamron Hall, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb — are…