Executive Intrigue at Universal

6:00 AM PDT 8/7/2012 by Kim Masters

Comcast explores bringing Snider and Spielberg on board as money obstacles and Ron Meyer's role complicate matters.

It's far from certain that Comcast is ready for a regime change at Universal Studios -- company sources say no action is imminent -- but many in the industry believe the cable giant is moving, however glacially, toward reshuffling duties at a unit that has remained mostly untouched since the purchase of NBCUniversal closed in January 2011.