It’s Brian Roberts vs. Rupert Murdoch: DealBook Briefing<br />What Mr. Roberts said in Comcast’s regulatory statement: “We already have a strong presence in London,<br />and Comcast intends to use Sky as a platform for our growth in Europe.”<br />Whom to thank for the Comcast bid<br />• Paul Richards of the media research firm Numis told the FT that Comcast’s bid is a “very strong competitive offer.”<br />• Alex DeGroote at Cenkos Securities told Bloomberg, “The market was anticipating another approach and will be pleasantly surprised.”<br />Comcast investors don’t seem pleasantly surprised.<br />While many factors shape the economic outlook, some of the headwinds the U. S. economy faced in previous years have turned into tailwinds: In particular, fiscal policy has become more stimulative<br />and foreign demand for U. S. exports is on a firmer trajectory.”<br />is the Federal Open Market Committee, the committee that sets monetary policy, while P. C.E.<br />What Comcast is offering: £12.50, or about $17.50, a share for all of Sky<br />What Fox is offering: £10.75 a share for the 61 percent of Sky that it doesn’t own<br />Comcast had worked on its own offer for Fox, with the chance to expand internationally through Sky being a big reason for bidding.
