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Memo: Angela Bromstad to leave NBC Universal

[January 21, 2011] LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NBC prime-time entertainment president Angela Bromstad told her staff that she intends to leave NBC Universal, adding to executive turnover at the media giant being acquired by Comcast Corp.

Her decision comes two days after the government cleared the way for Comcast, the country's largest cable company, to take over NBC Universal, parent company of NBC.

In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, Bromstad told colleagues Thursday she will leave NBC Universal with "tremendous respect for the company" and those with whom she's worked, and she wished them well.

Other exiting NBC Universal executives include NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker and NBC Universal TV entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin.

Steve Burke, Comcast's chief operating officer, is the incoming NBC Universal CEO. Gaspin was replaced by Bob Greenblatt, the programming executive who transformed Showtime into a pay TV powerhouse.

On Tuesday, Comcast gained approval for the $13.8 billion acquisition of NBC Universal from the Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department.

Bromstad's memo did not say when she would NBC Universal or discuss her plans. NBC did not immediately respond to a request for an interview with her.

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She was named head of NBC prime-time entertainment and NBC Universal Media Studios in December 2008 and was involved in development of "Parenthood" and "Community."

Bromstad has a long history with NBC, having first joined the company in 1994 as TV movie and miniseries director before moving on to other jobs, including president of the studio.

In 2007, after Ben Silverman started a two-year stint as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Movie Studios, she became NBC Universal's President of International Television Production in London.

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[Associated Press; By LYNN ELBER]

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