And the walls came tumbling down

That cracking sound you hear is the walls of the clubby world of cable beginning to crumble. Everything in the media world — ­ especially the world of media distribution –has changed as a result of Comcast taking control of GE’s NBCUniversal.

Many people think this is a deal to preserve the status quo — that it is no different from News Corp. controlling DirecTV or Time Warner’s ownership of Time Warner Cable.

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