Versant
Versant Media Group Inc is an independent media company comprised of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, SYFY, and Golf Channel, along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine.www.versantmedia.com
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Sep 11, 2026
Ryan BaileyHOST
Now, remember, E! is not with NBC Universal.
Ryan BaileyHOST
They had split off when Versant made all of these changes if you're into the inside baseball stuff.
Ryan BaileyHOST
Um, so, uh, it's very...
Ryan BaileyHOST
I'm so curious how this will do and if Bravo will regret their decision to not try to do something with these ladies themselves.
Dylan ByersHOST
She knows how I feel about the trajectory of the cable business.
Dylan ByersHOST
I think there's a reason Brian Roberts spun it out, like spun out Versant.
Dylan ByersHOST
Um, at the same time, like there are a few reasons here to be m- uh, at least marginally more bullish about MS now, uh, in the D2C space than about, say, CNN, which is they have talent.
Dylan ByersHOST
Like they have talent that has affinity.
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Dylan ByersHOST
And, and, and you know, uh, this is happening not just at the individual level, obviously.
Dylan ByersHOST
Like, you think about...
Dylan ByersHOST
I, I always come back to Mark Lazarus at Versant and being like, "Okay, we own the Golf Channel, but let's also do golf services-"
Julia AlexanderHOST
Yes, exactly
Justin NielsonGUEST
You have some consolidation with Warner Brothers and Paramount.
Justin NielsonGUEST
And then you also have some spinoffs of linear assets like with Comcast and NBCUniversal and Versant.
Justin NielsonGUEST
And I think that's going to be a continuing trend where you see more consolidation around studio assets as well as streaming and more spinoffs or more of the slower growth media assets being spun off.
Mike ReynoldsHOST
Okay.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
So what they did make sense for them.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
But now we're lucky to be a part of Versant, where MSNow is a very successful part of Versant.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
And Versant has several...
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
Pieces of their portfolio that we are lucky enough that generate a lot of cash.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
What is Versant for someone who might not know
Katie DrummondHOST
what Versant is? What is
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
Versant? Yeah.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
Versant is the spinoff.
Nick KhanGUEST
Our Friday show SmackDown is with our longtime partner, USA, in the United States.
Nick KhanGUEST
It's with Netflix internationally, and that has been doing quite well for Versant.
Nick KhanGUEST
They've continued to be terrific partners who are accessible at all times.
Nick KhanGUEST
And then we bought a Lucha Libre company called Triple A about a year and a half ago.
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John OurandHOST
And I had Brian Herbst on the pod a couple of weeks ago.
John OurandHOST
He's the top business executives over at NASCAR.
John OurandHOST
And he was talking about, he did his media deal three years ago And since doing that deal, you saw Comcast spinoff NBC, separately spinoff Versant.
John OurandHOST
You've seen Fox buy Roku.
Scott WapnerHOST
The August 9th race in Iowa, which started USA's season, delivered the largest non-Olympic sports audience of the year on USA Network.
Matt HongGUEST
What happened? I'll start by saying NASCAR is a foundational partner for our parent company, Versant, and for us at USA Sports.
Matt HongGUEST
When we spun from NBCUniversal at the start of this year, it was the property that we identified along with a couple others that were really core to coming with our company.
Matt HongGUEST
The ratings for NASCAR, not only this year, but year in, year out, continue to be amazing.
Gabe SpitzerGUEST
So she is not exclusive to us.
Gabe SpitzerGUEST
She's doing work, you know, with WNBA, with Versant, um, and other things.
Gabe SpitzerGUEST
So that, that's the way we like to approach talent is we want to be as talent friendly as possible.
Gabe SpitzerGUEST
You know, we, we know we can't guarantee the, the heavy volume, but we also know that we can bring a bring au- a big audience and, and, you know, they can have fun working with us.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
And I would say not just from an audience perspective, like from the ratings, but from a financial perspective, it is a very healthy business.
Rebecca KutlerGUEST
And then on top of that, it is my responsibility and our responsibility at Versant to take this moment and invest in what we believe are going to be healthy businesses in the future.
Dylan ByersHOST
Yes, totally.
Dylan ByersHOST
Agree with all of that.
Dylan ByersHOST
Also, NBCUniversal doesn't spin out Versant.
Dylan ByersHOST
David Zaslav doesn't toy around with spinning out his cable assets if these are not seen as no longer the growth businesses anymore.
Dylan ByersHOST
that they once were.
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Rebecca KutlerGUEST
And they're looking for not only community, but information and resources.
Dan FroomkinGUEST
Mm
David RothkopfHOST
... um, was that there's a story saying that the company that ownsMS Now, Versant or whatever it's called, is gonna buy Vox.
Jeff JarvisGUEST
Oh, I can't wait to hear what you have to say about this, 'cause I got something to say, too.
Jeff JarvisGUEST
Go for it, David.
Jennifer FesslerHOST
When did you realize that?
Kevin BrenneckeGUEST
I didn't know that either until actually I met with IPC and met with Versant, you know, Oxygen to learn a bit about the story and, you know, to see if the project was a good fit between us.
Kevin BrenneckeGUEST
And I was shocked to hear that, too.
Kevin BrenneckeGUEST
And I was more shocked once we started, I came on the project and started researching and realized just how different all of the cases were.
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