Comcast Names Steven A. White West Division President

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:00am EST

PHILADELPHIA and DENVER, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:
CMCSA, CMCSK), the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and
communications products and services, announced today that it has named Steven
A. White as President of the company's West Division.  Mr. White will be the
senior executive responsible for Comcast's video, high speed Internet, and
voice operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Utah and Wisconsin.  He will lead a
team of nearly 20,000 employees and will serve more than six million
customers.  Mr. White will begin his role immediately, and will report
directly to Dave Watson, Executive Vice President of Operations for Comcast
Cable.

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"Steve has a proven track record of leading a financially successful business,
deploying advanced technologies, improving the customer experience and
developing employees for career advancement," said Watson.  "His solid
understanding of Comcast's operations, his passion for our long-term vision on
innovation, and his charismatic leadership style will ensure the West Division
and our overall organization maintains its successful momentum and reaches new
heights in the future."  

Mr. White succeeds former West Division President Brad Dusto, who has served
in a number of leadership roles in his 17 year career at Comcast, including
Chief Technology Officer prior to taking this key field operations role in
2002.  Earlier this year, Mr. Dusto expressed his desire to devote more of his
time to the many community organizations that he is so passionate about,
including Habitat for Humanity.  Mr. Dusto has in-depth knowledge of all
elements of Comcast and its field operations, and he has agreed to stay on
with company to work on key operational initiatives on a consultative basis
while he focuses on his community support.

Mr. White has extensive operations experience, most recently serving as the
Regional Senior Vice President of the California Region, serving more than 2
million customers.  Prior to his role in California, he served as the Regional
Senior Vice President of the company's Mid-South Region, along with leading
Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast -- a 24-hour regional sports network based in
Atlanta.  Prior to the merger of Comcast and AT&T Broadband, Mr. White served
as Senior Vice President, AT&T's Atlanta cluster from 2000 to 2002.  Mr.
White's first assignment in the cable industry was in Chicago where he served
as Regional Vice President with Telecommunications, Inc. (TCI), which was
purchased by AT&T. 

Before joining the cable industry, Mr. White spent six years with the
Colgate-Palmolive Company where he held several positions of increased
responsibility.  Mr. White has 27 years of experience in sales, marketing,
operations, and general management.  His broad background includes sales,
marketing, and operation management positions in the beverage, health and
beauty-care, household products, and healthcare industries.

While he was in California, Mr. White was the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the California Cable & Telecommunications Association (CCTA), and
served on the Board of Directors for the California Chamber of Commerce and
the Bay Area Council.  He also served on the Honorary Advisory Board for WICT
Northern California.  

Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University.  He and his
wife Barbita will relocate from the Bay Area to the Denver Metro area in the
New Year.  

About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the
nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication
products and services. With 23.8 million cable customers, 15.7 million
high-speed Internet customers, and 7.4 million Comcast Digital Voice
customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and
operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. 

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment
Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One,
ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive
Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including
Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). Comcast also has a majority ownership in
Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL
hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large
multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.



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John Demming, +1-215-286-8011, John_Demming@comcast.com; or Tracy Baumgartner,
+1-720-267-3009, or Tracy_Baumgartner@cable.comcast.com, both of Comcast
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