The Jeff Zucker Farewell Tour made another stop Monday morning in his hometown of Miami, host city to the National Association of Television Programming Executives conference. The outgoing NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO wouldn’t say much on the controversy du jour—the sudden departure of Keith Olbermann from MSNBC—but he did…

CNBC (NYSE: GE) talker Jim Cramer grilled his out-going boss Jeff Zucker during a quick back-and-forth about his high points and low points, his job prospects and where the TV business is headed as the merger of Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal awaits regulatory approval. But it was during…

Why did Jeff Zucker announce his pending exit as CEO of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) months before the merger with Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is likely to close? “Once you have something like that done in a world like we live in today—a Twitter world, an online world, a blogosphere world—once…

This morning NBCU (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker informed staff of his departure, which will take place once the Comcast-NBCU merger is finalized. Here’s a brief history of the exec’s tenure from our archives:

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker’s memo telling the company he plans to leave when it merges with Comcast:

Following months of denials to the contrary. NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker told his staff via a memo that he will leave the company following the merger with Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA). In the end, the decision was not his to make. Zucker told the New York Times that…

If the grilling of Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC top execs is any indication, the merger of the two companies faces an uphill battle in the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee. Comcast chairman Brian Roberts and NBCU president Jeff Zucker found themselves repeatedly challenged, and occasionally cut off, by passionate bordering on…

Boxee’s inability to carry Hulu programming is a matter of Congress now, thanks to the proposed Comcast-NBCU deal. During this morning’s hearing at the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Chairman and CEO…

Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of HDNet, offers running commentary on Blog Maverick and allows us to publish it here when the subject fits. If you want to know why it’s going to take longer than people hope or expect to get out this great recession,…

The sound of ticking as Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV) decides whether or not to sell its 20 percent stake in *NBC Universal* during this year’s window is getting as loud as the clock in the crocodile that haunts Captain Hook. The volume this time around (the French company has the…

Lots of going back and forth since the first report last night about Comcast in talks to buy NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). CNBC’s Dan Faber is now reporting that GE would spin off NBCU into a new company that would be “merged with the content assets of Comcast.” Among the…

While *News Corp*. COO Chase Carey, *NBC Universal* CEO Jeff Zucker and others have been out touting the desire to charge for some content through their Hulu JV, Hulu has been working out the logistics for doing just that. StreamingMedia.com’s report that a subscription beta test is underway internally would…

Jeff Gaspin just took another big leap at NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) with his promotion—effective immediately—as the new chairman of NBCU Television Entertainment. Gaspin already heads the company’s cable networks and its distribution. This adds NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios to his portfolio. The announcement came at the same…

Updated; Barry Diller just solved Jeff Zucker’s Ben Silverman problem. In an unexpected turn of events announced this morning, Silverman will join Diller at IAC (NSDQ: IACI) to start an as-yet-unnamed multi-platform production company; he plans to stay at NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) through the launch of the fall season.…

In the two years since Jeff Zucker became president and CEO of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), he’s shifted the digital strategy more than once; played an important role in creating the joint venture dubbed “ClownCo” by doubters and transforming it into Hulu; approved putting thousands of Olympic hours on broadband;…

For NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), the analog buck and the digital dime both stop at the desk of Jeff Zucker. From that desk on the 52nd floor of 30 Rock, the NBCU CEO can see a wall full of flat-screen monitors, an expansive view of Manhattan and, on a Tuesday…

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker, in a Q&A with Ellen Pollock, executive editor, BusinessWeek, opened the McGraw-Hill Media Summit by taking on Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, who on the Daily Show last week took CNBC and one of its main stars, Mad Money host Jim Cramer, to task…

Last week, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) cut some 500 jobs as part of CEO Jeff Zucker’s campaign to slash $500 million from operating costs for 2009. Today Zucker made it clear that his pragmatic approach applies to spending in the M&A side. While others talk about possible opportunities, Zucker told…

Not that this will shock anyone, but with Wall St. falling off the high wire, this is unlikely to be a a period of big time dealmaking. Speaking at a breakfast sponsored by Portfolio, media bigs Mel Karmazin, Jeff Zucker and Steve Rattner (Quadrangle), agreed that a slow period for…