Richard Greenblatt
Summary
Richard D. Greenblatt is an American programmer. He was born in Portland, Oregon on December 25, 1944. His family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when he was a child. He later moved to Columbia, Missouri with his mother and sister when his parents divorced. Along with Bill Gosper, he may be considered to have founded the hacker community, and holds a place of distinction in the Lisp and the MIT AI Lab communities.Greenblatt enrolled in MIT in the fall of 1962, and around his second term as an undergraduate student, he found his way to MIT's famous Tech Model Railroad Club. At that time, Peter Samson had written a program in Fortran for the IBM 709 series machines, to automate the tedious business of writing the intricate timetables for the Railroad Club's vast model train layout.
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NBCU shakes up digital: Robert Hayes in, Vivi Zigler out
The NBC Entertainment president has recruited yet another high-ranking executive from the premium cable network he once ran: Robert Hayes, who will serve as executive VP of digital media.
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Cable Unit Props Up Ailing NBC
NBCUniversal’s cable networks once again saved the day at 30 Rock, as the stable of popular channels took in $803 million in third quarter ad sales revenue, up 10 percent versus the year-ago period.
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Trump to Self: 'You're Fired!'
Donald Trump on Monday hopped out of the clown car and onto the stage at NBC’s 2011-12 upfront presentation, ending his curious flirtation with the GOP in front of a crowd of media buyers and advertisers.
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NBC in for program overhaul under Comcast
Brian Steinberg, AdAge. com - Looks like it's time for the Peacock to get new plumage. With the departure of Angela Bromstad, president of NBC's primetime entertainment, it's clear that all bets are off for the network's first fall season under Comcast instead of General Electric. Ms. Bromstad comes across as a cerebral executive intensely interested in creative concepts, but no one will tell you the team she fielded this year has done well.
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Meet NBC's New Chief
NBC, the peacock network, should get a full-scale preening at the hands of its new entertainment chief once the Comcast Corp. takeover is complete.
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Saban Free Clinic honors Greenblatt
TV News: Gala turns into a roast -- Hollywood.
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Can This Man Save NBC?
It's not clear whether any mortal can save NBC, but if anyone has a shot it might be Robert Greenblatt, who will oversee entertainment programming once NBC Universal's merger with Comcast in completed. The 50-year-old Greenblatt is very much a hot piece of executive talent right now, having transformed Showtime during his tenure from an HBO wannabe to a respected--though far smaller--competitor.
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Media Decoder: Comcast Taps New Names, and Old, to Run NBC Universal
Steve Burke, the Comcast chief operating officer who will become the chief executive of NBC Universal at the completion of Comcast's takeover of the media company, announced a much anticipated new management lineup on Thursday.
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Comcast confirms new NBC U structure
TV News: Greenblatt, Harbert to run network operations -- It's official: Bob Greenblatt will run NBC's entertainment operations, while Ted Harbert will return to the Peacock to handle its New York-based business and operations.
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Comcast's Burke Readies NBCU Reorg
As he prepares to step in the CEO shoes being vacated by NBC (NYSE: GE) Universal’s Jeff Zucker, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) COO Steve Burke will be making his first adjustments in the executive lineup at NBCU next week, the WSJ reports, citing unidentified sources. The changes will have a number of NBCU execs remaining and even broadening their responsibilities, as Burke brings in handful of Comcast execs to help redirect the broadcast sides sagging fortunes.
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