News, Entertainment, Enlightenment
It looks like Philly might become a major, if not the major, media center in the world. Comcast has reportedly reached an agreement with General Electric to give the Philadelphia-based corporation known for providing cable service a 51 percent share in NBC Universal whose properties include Universal Studios, NBC and its affiliates and Telemundo Television Studios.
GE now owns 80 percent of NBC Universal with the French-firm Vivendi owning the rest.
Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer reported that SEPTA has reached an agreement with Transport Workers Union Local 234 about ending the six-day old strike involving trolley, bus and subway workers. Not a peep in the article as to if SEPTA consented to a forensic audit of the pension fund which was reported to be the big sticking point in Sunday’s paper.
Bill Clinton Wins — I neglected to note last week that Democrat Bill Clinton held up to the Republican tide and beat Tracy Barusevicius 328 to 228 to hold his 1st District seat on Upper Providence Council, Delaware County, Pa.