Horowitz: "Zuckers companies will have a leg up on almost everyone"



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Arianna Huffington's latest media-political reincarnation as the unofficial "Mayor of Hollywood," in this episode, sees her recruiting Norman Horowitz, former President & CEO of MGM/UA Telecommunications, Polygram Television to assess Jeff Zucker's chances. Brilliant. There are few men better qualified to do the job. The editors at the Newsweeklies were sleeping on this. From HuffyPo:

"Zucker will be a success at NBCU if:

"The Universal Movies make money, a lot of it.
The Universal library of content makes money, a lot of it
The NBC Network makes money, a lot of it.
The NBC Cable Program services make money, a lot of it.
The NBC owned stations make money, a lot of it.

"And of course the NBC ventures into the internet are not unrealistic.

"... Universal is one of only a few established brands in Motion Picture production and distribution.

"NBC Network and stations are 'franchised' situations, and these franchises are scarce, and NBCU own one of them.

"Now having said that the future of digital content delivery systems is limitless, particularly if you own gobs of content which NBCU does.

"I have never met Zucker, yet I realize that he has as good a chance as anyone else to make a go of this relatively new amalgam of content and delivery systems. The media world is changing rapidly, but as the owners and creators of content, Zuckers companies will have a leg up on almost everyone as the media world changes."

The full, unexpurgated post here.