Steve Burke, the chairman and former CEO of NBCUniversal, is extending his tenure with parent company Comcast. Burke, who had been set to retire from the company this month, will now stay on as chairman of NBCUniversal through the end of 2020.
Beginning in Jan. 2021, Burke will shift to a new adviser role with the cable giant. Burke stepped aside as CEO of NBCUniversal on Jan.
1 of this year, handing day-to-day control of the entertainment and media giant to his successor Jeff Shell. While Burke remains chairman of NBCU, Shell now reports directly to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.
In the press release from December announcing his retirement, NBCUniversal said Burke would "retire on August 14, 2020, following the Summer Olympics in Tokyo." Of.
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