Jeff Shell is leaving as chief govt of NBCUniversal after an investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct, father or mother firm Comcast mentioned on Sunday.

Shell, who has served as the highest govt of the media community since January 2020, mentioned in a press release supplied by Comcast that he “had an inappropriate relationship with a girl within the firm”. Comcast mentioned his dismissal comes after an investigation led by outdoors counsel.

The departure of Shell follows different high-profile dismissals at NBC, one of many main US information and leisure networks. In 2020, Common vice-chair Ron Meyer was fired after confessing to creating a settlement with a girl over a consensual affair. Matt Lauer, as soon as the face of US morning information staple the In the present day present, was fired in 2017 after claims of inappropriate sexual behaviour with staffers.

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