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Could Comcast Buy Netflix?

Does Comcast have its eye on Netflix? Hard to believe, considering how the companies have feuded in the last year. Netflix has accused Comcast of […]

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Activists: Why We Spent $7,000 to Fly Grumpy Cat Around the Comcast Center

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, wait, it’s … Grumpy Cat? Yes, last Friday Philadelphians could see Grumpy Cat […]

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The Odd Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Comcast

We’ve honestly not been sure how much attention to give the following item, because it’s just a little odd. But here goes: Comcast is being […]

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Protesters Flying Grumpy Cat Banner Around Comcast Center

UPDATE: The activists behind the Grumpy Cat banner explain why they spent $7,000 on the stunt. ORIGINAL: The group Demand Progress and two other organizations are […]

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Why Net Neutrality Is Good for Comcast

So what if Thursday’s net neutrality vote by the FCC isn’t that big a deal for Comcast? Yes, we know that Comcast wasn’t happy with […]

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WATCH: Anti-Comcast Activists Disrupt Penn Trustees Meeting

[Updated with David Cohen comment on FCC vote.] Anti-Comcast student activists disrupted a meeting of the Penn Board of Trustees this morning, protesting the company’s […]

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Speculation Grows About Comcast Cell Phone Service

Can you hear me now? It’s been nearly a year since we told you that Comcast was eyeing a plan to offer cellular phone service, […]

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Comcast Made $68 Billion in 2014

It was another great year for Comcast. The Philadelphia-based company earned $68.8 billion during 2014, officials said in a quarterly earnings report this morning. That’s […]

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Comcast Oz Ad Receives High Praise

We told you Friday about Comcast’s Oscar-night ad featuring a blind girl’s imagining of The Wizard of Oz with the help of Xfinity’s “talking guide” […]

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Comcast Makes $50,000 Donation to Tom Wolf

Here’s one of the spoils of political victory for Gov. Tom Wolf: The friendship and support of Comcast, the biggest cable company in America. During […]

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WATCH: Comcast’s Oscar-Night Wizard of Oz Ad Will Give You the Warm Fuzzies

This here? Some good advertising. It’s Comcast’s Oscar-night ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU7NU_fsaSU

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Ben Davis Is New Phillies’ Color Commentator

Ben Davis will be the Phillies’ new color commentator, Comcast SportsNet announced today. The Malvern Prep graduate was a major leaguer from 1998 to 2004 […]

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Pranksters Insult Comcast Customers

How much worse could Comcast’s customer service woes get? How about this bad: Pranksters are now calling up the company’s customers — pretending to be Comcast […]

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Former Comcast Exec Gets Permanent Secret Service Job

Joseph Clancy, the Comcast executive plucked by President Obama to be interim director of the Secret Service in the wake of some notable security breaches, […]

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Now Comcast Criticized for Its Philly Pride

https://twitter.com/chocobohomo/status/567744604514951168 Well, now Comcast’s critics are just being jerks. The latest “Comcast sucks” meme — and there’s at least one a week at this point […]