According an audio announcement from brand marketers Lisa Fleming and Mike DeRienzo, thousands of names were considered, but ...

Versantr has been selected as the new name for the parent company of media assets slated to be spun off from Comcast and NBCU ...

The spinoff will house Comcast's cable TV assets like USA, MSNBC, CNBC and E!, as well as some digital brands like Fandango.

Comcast’s SpinCo, which will include cable networks USA, MSNBC, CNBC and E!, will be renamed Versant to emphasize corporate ...

"It speaks to our adaptability and embraces the opportunity to shape a new, modern media company," CEO Mark Lazarus told ...

Comcast has unveiled a raft of senior programming and acquisition appointments for its soon-to-be spun-off cable business ...

The spinoff of Comcast‘s cable networks has a name: Versant. Mark Lazarus, who will lead the new unit, wrote in a memo to staffers, “Versant represents more than a name – it speaks to our ...

Mark Lazarus, CEO of the new company, announced the name to staffers in a memo on Tuesday, “We would be foolish to expect everyone to love the name of our new company immediately. There were ...

VERSANT, Comcast's planned spin-off consisting of select news, sports and entertainment assets, has clinched a two-year deal ...

Versant will be led by CEO Mark Lazarus, CFO and COO Anand Kini, and chairman David Novak, with sernior executives largely plucked from the ranks of NBCUniversal. Lazarus announced the name in a ...

The new parent company of a large chunk of Comcast’s cable output has settled on a new name as MSNBC and other channels are being spun off.