NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke to Step Down in 2020

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Steve Burke will depart as CEO of NBCUniversal next year, sources confirmed to Deadline. Burke, whose current contract ends in August 2020, had been telling close associates that he planned to reti…

next year, sources confirmed to Deadline. Burke, whose current contract ends in August 2020, had been telling close associates that he planned to retire. While the end of his contract coincides with the end of the 2020 Olympics, the biggest sporting event on NBCUniversal, some sources indicate that he may depart before that, as early as the first quarter of 2020., now chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment, would be named new NBCUniversal CEO.

Earlier this year, Shell expanded his portfolio to add NBC Entertainment, Telemundo and NBCU international to Universal Studios. Burke, previously COO of Comcast, has been CEO of NBCUniversal since Comcast acquired the company in 2011. His contract was last extended in 2016 through August 2020. The news of his pending departure from NBCUniversal was first reported by Variety.

 

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