Sr. Counsel, NBCU News Group

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBCUniversal News Group & the Legal Department

NBCUniversal News Group includes NBC News, Telemundo Network and NBC and Telemundo Local Stations. Across digital and television, the News Group reaches more Americans than any other news organization. 

• With bureaus around the world and across the United States, NBC News reaches its audience on broadcast television, digital, streaming, and audio platforms. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY, NBC Nightly News, and Meet the Press. NBC News Now is the most successful free, ad-supported news streaming channel. NBC News also has several commerce businesses, including ShopTODAY.
• Dateline NBC is NBC News’ signature true crime newsmagazine, producing in-depth investigations and specials for NBCU and third-party platforms. On the air since 1992, Dateline is the longest-running primetime program on NBC and is widely distributed on linear, streaming and audio platforms. Anchored by Lester Holt with correspondents Andrea Canning, Josh Mankiewicz, Blayne Alexander and Keith Morrison, Dateline has been honored with broadcast journalism’s highest awards, including Emmys in the news and documentary category.
• NBC News Studios is a full-service production company that focuses on documentary features and series, narrative podcasts and scripted adaptations of NBC News IP. Leveraging the assets of NBC News, including eight decades of television and radio archive, a global network of journalists, a world-class investigative team, and a rich trove of editorial intellectual property, Studios develops and produces premium documentary series, specials and films for distribution on NBCU and third-party platforms. NBC News Studios has been honored with multiple Emmy awards and has premiered films at Sundance, Venice, Toronto, Telluride and Tribeca film festivals. Recent work includes Leguizamo Does America, The Sing Sing Chronicles with director Dawn Porter, winner of the Emmy for Best Documentary, Separated with director Errol Morris, The Debutantes directed by Contessa Gayles,The Disappearance of Shere Hite with director Nicole Newnham and The Thing About Pam, a scripted mini-series starring Renee Zwellweger, in partnership with Blumhouse Productions.
• With 42 NBC and Telemundo television stations in local markets across the country, covering English and Spanish languages, NBCU Local reaches nearly 50% of all U.S. households. Our local stations produce news programming (watched by an estimated 17M monthly viewers) and popular lifestyle shows in each of their markets.
• Telemundo Network produces and distributes Spanish-language news, sports and entertainment content to audiences around the world, reaching 94% of the U.S. Hispanic audience. Among the news division’s award-winning television programs are Hoy Dia, Noticias Telemundo and Al Rojo Vivo.

The News Group legal team provides editorial, transactional and production legal support to News Group businesses and newsrooms, including N