NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B

July 7, 2008 By SETH SUTEL , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.

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