Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker:In what has been predicted for several months, Jeff Zucker announced his decision to leave NBC / Universal after joining Comcast is complete. In an email to employees this morning, Jeff Zucker admitted that he had not been an easy and simple solution “to leave the media company, but” it’s clear to me that this is the right decision for me and for the company. ”
“Comcast is a great new manager, as GE was, and they deserve a chance to realize their vision,” Zucker wrote. “I am proud that they will inherit the company in very good shape, with almost every one of our units enjoying their best years ever.”

Jeff Zucker job was in question since, Comcast agreed to buy media companies in December (the transaction should be completed at the end of the year). Although the time Zucker at NBC was marked by many victories – as a turning Today Show into a powerful cash cow, the construction of the cable company networks like Bravo, USA, Oxygen and CNBC, and the establishment is now heavily used by Hulu – it was also overshadowed by the colossal failures, as the movement of Jay Leno in primetime and Conan O’Brien to pay about $ 40 million to leave NBC. He was also responsible for some of the basic human error, like pushing Kevin Reilly – who now runs Fox and is responsible for joy, a high rating on television right now among adults 18-49 – and hiring inexperienced Ben Silverman to run the network. ownership of the former agent did not even last two years on NBC.
Although Peacock continued to live some of the most critically praised shows on TV, has been years since the network enjoys the success he had at some time in those heady days must see television – the weakness that is often associated with Zucker’s reign as president of entertainment and then as CEO. NBC is currently fourth among adults 18-49 (2.7 rating / 7 share) and total viewers (7.5 million).
In his e-mail employees, Zucker seemed particularly contrary to the departure “only place I’ve ever worked with.” “I’ve spent my entire adult life here, more than 24 years. The only professional thing I’ve ever known. I met my wife there, enjoyed the birth of our four children were working in almost every division of the company, and forged relationships as professional and personal, which will last a lifetime.
“I still do not know what my future will bring … I have not even started thinking about the next chapter … I like NBC Universal and always will be.”