Versantr has been selected as the new name for the parent company of media assets slated to be spun off from Comcast and NBCU ...

According an audio announcement from brand marketers Lisa Fleming and Mike DeRienzo, thousands of names were considered, but ...

"It speaks to our adaptability and embraces the opportunity to shape a new, modern media company," CEO Mark Lazarus told ...

Even Versant boss Mark Lazarus acknowledges that the new name for Comcast’s cable TV spinoff business may not be everyone’s favorite, per a memo reported on by Deadline: > We would be foolish to ...

Comcast’s SpinCo, which will include cable networks USA, MSNBC, CNBC and E!, will be renamed Versant to emphasize corporate ...

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The new company will include nearly all of Comcast's cable TV networks and digital properties. This article, “SpinCo” to be ...

We won’t have SpinCo to kick around any longer ... from NBCUniversal and Comcast later this year will be Versant. Mark Lazarus, CEO of the new company, announced the name to staffers in a ...

MSNBC's two top execs fired Joy Reid in February after more than a year of pushback from its parent Comcast, according to a ...

The new parent company of a large chunk of Comcast’s cable output has settled on a new name as MSNBC and other channels are being spun off.

She had the blessing of Mark Lazarus, who's the CEO of SpinCo, the name of MSNBC's new parent company after it was separated from NBC News and its parent Comcast. While MSNBC has now shed ...

NBCUniversal is letting go of dozens of workers across TV and streaming divisions ahead of its SpinCo separation.