NBC Universal will be 80 percent owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC and 20 percent owned by shareholders of Vivendi Universal SA, the French conglomerate that was nearly bankrupted by its former ...

Vivendi Universal topper Jean-Marie Messier and USA Networks chief Barry Diller were all smiles Monday as they spoke loftily of synergies and benefits from their $10.3 billion plan to bring most ...

A contingent of Vivendi Universal brass, including chief operating officer Jean-Bernand Levy and chief financial officer Jacques Espinasse, head to Los Angeles today to meet with Viv U ...

Vivendi Universal’s dire balance sheet isn’t the only driving force behind the company’s apparent desire to sell, or spin off, its U.S. entertainment businesses.Most company observers think ...

Vivendi's most prized division Universal, the music label behind artists like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, drove group first-half results, bolstering its position two months before its planned ...

The contest for control of Vivendi Universal's entertainment empire shifted into high gear Monday, with the French conglomerate drawing bids from four media companies and investment groups.

It was a rocky week for Jean-Marie Messier, or "Master of the World," as the Vivendi Universal chief executive is known here. Vivendi CEO Has Explaining to Do - Los Angeles Times ...

Today, Jean-Marie Messier -- the trans-Atlantic chairman of Vivendi Universal, a sprawling global conglomerate -- is to face down 6,000 shareholders at a gathering that will begin at 5 p.m. Paris ...

Vivendi lit up the industry rumor mill by announcing that it will look for a strategic partner, or possibly two, to sell up to 50% of the Universal Music Group, igniting a firestorm of speculation ...

Vivendi, the French conglomerate that owns Hollywood movie studio Universal Pictures and record company Universal Music Group, wrote off a further €18.4 billion ($20.2 billion) in goodwill ...