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Report: Stairs, Moyer Are New Phillies Analysts

Delaware County Times Phillies beat writer and adorable puppy owner Dennis Deitch is reporting the Phillies have settled on new announcers to replace Chris Wheeler […]

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Your Guide to Watching the Olympics Anywhere

The Olympics are here! Well, okay, they’re not quite the Olympics — these are the Winter Games, the not-so-beloved younger brother of the Summer Olympics. […]

Property

“Still Handsome” Steve Burke Gets the RealEstalker Treatment

RealEstalker, the celebrity-gossip real estate website, recently dished the property dirt on NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke (formerly Comcast’s COO), whose Delancey Street home is […]

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Could Comcast’s New Tower Hurt the Commercial Real Estate Market?

The New York Times today examines what Comcast’s giant new tower might mean for the Philadelphia commercial real estate market. Maybe nothing—“It just shows there […]

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Cord Cutters in Retreat? Comcast Gained Video Subscribers Last Quarter

AP reports that Comcast added 43,000 video subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2013—the first quarterly gain in six-and-a-half years, all part of its increasingly […]

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Report: Comcast, Charter Near Deal on Time-Warner

Bloomberg reports that Philly-based Comcast and Charter are near a deal, under which Charter would buy Time-Warner Communications—and then Comcast would buy Time-Warner’s New York, New […]

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The Connection Between Comcast and Tom Corbett

There was plenty of cynicism expressed last February when Comcast’s David L. Cohen—a longtime Democratic fundraiser—announced his support for embattled Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, a […]

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Comcast May Sell Electricity in Pennsylvania

Comcast has been busy lately. The company now owns 100 percent of NBCUniversal, it’s preparing to build the tallest building in the city again and […]

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Comcast Moves Forward on Time Warner Bid

Comcast’s desire to  join Charter Communications in acquiring  the Time-Warner cable system—or, at least, some of T-W’s premium markets—is moving the talking stage. Multiple outlets […]

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The Ultimate Annotated Guide to the New Comcast Skyscraper

By now you’ve seen the plans for the new Comcast Technology and Innovation Center, the eventual tallest building in the city that will include a […]

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Property

Saffron on Comcast Building’s Promise: “An Urban Icon for the Wired World”

Inga Saffron is excited. In the wake of the announcement of Comcast’s new 59-story tower at 18th and Arch — slated to open in 2017 […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Four Seasons Hotel Will Move into Philly’s Newest High-Rise

Yesterday, we kept you updated on the forthcoming Comcast Innovation and Technology Center at 1800 Arch Street. Today, we brief you on one of its […]

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Relax, Sports Fans: Tiny William Penn Statue to Move to New Comcast Building

As we all know, the reason for the Phillies ending the city’s 25-year sports championship drought was not Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley or […]

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Comcast and Time Warner: Giant Company Could Fill New Tower

While Philadelphia was talking about Comcast’s new plans for a giant, skyline-dominating tower on Wednesday, the company itself was apparently proceeding with plans to fill […]

Property

Renderings of Comcast’s New Center City Skyscraper

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