Jeff Gaspin is flying in an NBC Universal corporate jet from New York to Los Angeles now and is telling other passengers that a report which leaves the company "is not accurate." As we have been saying all along, there are lots of moving parts of this NBCU organizational restructuring, and a lot has not been clarified yet. Gaspin, which is NBC Universal Television Group President / COO, falls into that category. We have learned that there has been a "final conversation" with Comcast about his future yet. And the fact is that, as of today, its future undecided. "It may prove to be true. And he's preparing for it. But it is not true right now," an insider just told us.
EXCLUSIVE ... UPDATE 5: We have confirmed that former CBS bigwig and now adviser Nancy Tellem has been done in formal talks with brass Comcast about taking a senior position with NBC's Robert Greenblatt. While he is responsible for the creation, which would fill up and a network based in New York the president of employment-type monitors the stations, sales, and affiliates. Both will report to the new NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke. As reported Comcast expects to announce the new structure of NBC Universal of the organization - one that now may or may not include Jeff Gaspin who boarded a plane Monday for New York on Monday to meet with Comcast bronze. "Comcast is dedicated to talk to her. Nothing has been decided yet, because although there are still outstanding issues. But people are trying to work through those issues," an insider told us. "She wants to. She only has to ensure that work is good. "Tellem was one of the executives of half a dozen high-level dissemination (including Fox Network Group President / CEO Tony Vinciquerra) approached by Burke after a few months ago the Comcast / NBC deal was announced. Tellem recently was head of most of the entertainment operations of CBS Inc., until he resigned in December 2009 to become Senior Advisor to the Executive Director. Tellem has kept a low profile during the last year - as a CBS executive says: "She is a consultant to us now so I do not see much" - and connoisseurs suggest he was hoping to return to active duty.
EXCLUSIVE ... UPDATE 5: We have confirmed that former CBS bigwig and now adviser Nancy Tellem has been done in formal talks with brass Comcast about taking a senior position with NBC's Robert Greenblatt. While he is responsible for the creation, which would fill up and a network based in New York the president of employment-type monitors the stations, sales, and affiliates. Both will report to the new NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke. As reported Comcast expects to announce the new structure of NBC Universal of the organization - one that now may or may not include Jeff Gaspin who boarded a plane Monday for New York on Monday to meet with Comcast bronze. "Comcast is dedicated to talk to her. Nothing has been decided yet, because although there are still outstanding issues. But people are trying to work through those issues," an insider told us. "She wants to. She only has to ensure that work is good. "Tellem was one of the executives of half a dozen high-level dissemination (including Fox Network Group President / CEO Tony Vinciquerra) approached by Burke after a few months ago the Comcast / NBC deal was announced. Tellem recently was head of most of the entertainment operations of CBS Inc., until he resigned in December 2009 to become Senior Advisor to the Executive Director. Tellem has kept a low profile during the last year - as a CBS executive says: "She is a consultant to us now so I do not see much" - and connoisseurs suggest he was hoping to return to active duty.
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