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NBC Exec Departs After Affair

NBCUniversal has parted ways with longtime executive Ron Meyer over allegations he was being extorted over an affair. Meyer, the vice chairman of the entertainment and media company with West Coast offices in Universal City, informed the company late last week that he “acted in a manner which we believe is not consistent with our company policies or values,” Chief Executive Jeff Shell said in a statement. “Based on Ron’s disclosure of these actions, we have mutually concluded that Ron should leave the company, effective immediately,” Shell added. “We thank Ron for his 25 years of service, and for his significant contributions to NBCUniversal.” In his own statement, Meyer said he had disclosed to his family and the company that he had made a settlement under threat with a woman outside the company who had made false accusations against him. “Admittedly, this is a woman I had a very brief and consensual affair with many years ago,” Meyer said. “I made this disclosure because other parties learned of the settlement and have continuously attempted to extort me into paying them money or else they intended to falsely implicate NBCUniversal, which had nothing to do with this matter, and to publish false allegations about me.” Meyer added that his stepping down as vice chairman was a mutual decision. “I’ve spent 25 years helping to grow and support an incredible company in a job I love,” Meyer continued in his statement. “It is the people at this company that I will miss the most. I regret what has happened and I am sorry for all the people in my life I may have let down, especially and most importantly, my family.”

Mark Madler
Mark Madler
Mark R. Madler covers aviation & aerospace, manufacturing, technology, automotive & transportation, media & entertainment and the Antelope Valley. He joined the company in February 2006. Madler previously worked as a reporter for the Burbank Leader. Before that, he was a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and several daily newspapers in the suburban Chicago area. He has a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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