{"id":25307,"date":"2018-03-16T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T23:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=25307"},"modified":"2018-03-16T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T23:59:39","slug":"nbc-hides-the-story-on-toys-r-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2018\/03\/16\/nbc-hides-the-story-on-toys-r-us\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Hides The Story on Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was just watching the <em>NBC Nightly News<\/em> story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/songwriter-behind-toys-r-us-jingle-one-of-the-catchiest-of-all-time-1188035651510\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Songwriter behind Toys R Us jingle, one of the catchiest of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/widget\/video-embed\/1188035651510\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<pre class=\"plain\">\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>I was wondering why NBC chose to do this story instead of commenting on the <em>Bloomberg<\/em> story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2018-03-15\/toys-r-bust-as-retailer-decides-to-shutter-its-u-s-stores-video\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us Shutting U.S. Stores After Failed Turnaround<\/a>.  Listen to the  mention of private equity owners Bain Capital and KKR not allowing needed investment in the stores.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/multimedia\/api\/embed\/iframe?id=f939faf6-1d61-42f0-8b63-7915a4abfe36\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<pre class=\"plain\">\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>I was wondering if NBC chose this softball story because they had any connection to Bain or KKR.  A little Google search surfaced two articles immediately.<\/p>\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> has the story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/07\/business\/media\/07weather.html\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather Channel Is Sold to NBC and Equity Firms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThough the parties did not disclose the price, the buyers, NBC and the private equity firms Bain Capital and the Blackstone Group, will pay just under $3.5 billion, people briefed on the matter said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Business Wire<\/em> has the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20150714005506\/en\/FanDuel-Announces-Series-Financing-275-Million-KKR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Announces Series E Financing of $275 Million from KKR, Google Capital and Time Warner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nExisting investors Shamrock Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Pentech Ventures and Piton Capital also participated.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I just report.  You  decide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just watching the NBC Nightly News story Songwriter behind Toys R Us jingle, one of the catchiest of all time. I was wondering why NBC chose to do this story instead of commenting on the Bloomberg story Toys &#8216;R&#8217; Us Shutting U.S. Stores After Failed Turnaround. Listen to the mention of private equity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25307"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25313,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307\/revisions\/25313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}