Carlyle Group Owns 28% of Vivendi->NBC

Hmmm. Military and defense portfolio heavy Carlyle owns one of the 5 major media channels in the USA. And they capitulated completely to Bush and the Iraq War....

NBC Universal...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Universal

Comcast now owns 51% of NBC Universal while GE owns 49%

GE also owns MSNBC

Clipped from www.sourcewatch.org

bought a 28% share of France-based health care and business publisher Vivendi Universal Publishing.

Carlyle Group

Although the majority of the firm's money is in North America, it is also pushing more intensely overseas, launching funds aimed at Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Russia. The firm (along with [[[Apax Partners]] and UK-based Cinven) bought a 28% share of France-based health care and business publisher Vivendi Universal Publishing. One of the company's larger moves overseas is the purchase of the transportation business of The Daiei, Japan's #2 retailer in which the company has a 90 percent stake, worth $28 million.[7] Read more at www.sourcewatch.org