LOS ANGELES, June 15 (UPI) -- NBC Universal has changed the name of NBC Universal Television Studio to Universal Media Studios, simultaneously losing the acronym, "NUTS."

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- NBC Universal is set to name Jeff Zucker to succeed chief executive Robert Wright, the Los Angeles Times reported.

LAS VEGAS, March 16 (UPI) -- Universal Pictures Thursday named Marc Shmuger and David Linde co-chairmen of the studio.

PARIS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- France's Vivendi Universal SA will pay $1.154 billion to buy out Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.'s stake in Universal Music Group.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Two months of merger talks between NBC Universal and DreamWorks have ended over disagreements on money and structure, it was reported Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES, July 18 (UPI) -- NBC Universal Monday signed President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer to a new five-year contract.

BURBANK, Calif., June 17 (UPI) -- NBC Universal plans to premiere the trailer for the upcoming Universal Pictures' feature "King Kong" simultaneously on all nine of its TV networks.

NEW YORK, June 8 (UPI) -- NBC Universal will pay $3.4 billion to Barry Diller, the U.S. head of IAC/Interactive Corp., for his 5.4 percent stake in Vivendi Universal Entertainment.

NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment have merged into NBC Universal, a global media and entertainment empire with expected 2005 revenue of $15 billion.

NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- In bidding for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal SA, NBC puts itself on the threshold of becoming a global media conglomerate.