Brian L. Roberts

As technological innovation, consumer behavior and competitive dynamics continue to reshape both media and communications, Comcast's Board and management team believe each company will be better positioned to pursue its own strategic priorities, invest for growth and create long-term shareholder value as independent entities.

— Comcast's Board and management team (in the announcement of the split)

I loved Ted with all my heart. I see him in heaven now with all the wildlife he helped bring back from extinction — the black footed ferrets, the prairie dogs, Big Horned sheep, Mexican Gray Wolf, the Yellowstone wolf pack, bison, the red cockaded woodpecker and so many more, they're all gathered at the pearly gates applauding and thanking him for saving their species.

— Jane Fonda, in an Instagram post after the death of Ted Turner