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NBC's Zucker Eyes $30 Mil. Exit Package

Though NBCU denies it, sources say General Electric has finalized details of Jeff Zucker's exit deal from the network. Zucker will leave "a couple of months" after Comcast Corp. closes its agreement to acquire a 51% stake in the media giant from its current owners General Electric and Vivendi -- with an exit package of roughly $30 million to $40 million, under the proposed exit deal.

The Comcast acquisition is expected to close in early 2011 after regulatory approval. The company denied any exit package, but souces say Zucker has told friends a deal was finalized. A few months ago, Comcast and GE extended Zucker's contract until 2013.

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