The Acquisition of NBC by General Electric

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This paper examines the acquisition of RCA by General Electric and considers the effects of the acquisition on NBC and specifically the news organization at NBC. The author lists potential problems to NBC and then concludes that few of these came to pass. The author believes that the resources of GE may well have helped the company's news organization rather than hindered it and that the public interest as a whole has been compromised.

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Introduction
Background
Concerns for News Media
Analysis
Conclusion

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"When GE purchased RCA and by extension NBC, there was concern among news analysts that the integrity of the NBC news organization would be compromised. This concern arose from the many different businesses in which GE participates and the question as to whether NBC would be able to exercise the same investigative reporting techniques with these various businesses that it had when it was a relatively independent organization."

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