NBC Cuts 700 Jobs
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NBC Universal announced Thursday it will cut 700 jobs, abandon MSNBC’s New Jersey headquarters and shift spending from traditional broadcast TV to digital entertainment, reflecting both hard times at the network and changing times in the media world.
The company, a unit of Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co., said the various moves were expected to save $750 million by the end of 2008.
