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Comcast will merge TechTV, owned by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, with its own G4 video game network when the buyout is finalized next week. David Shone, a spokesman for G4 TV, said the company plans to hire 80 people from the San Francisco office to work at the game channel's Los Angeles headquarters. Employees were given two months notice and various severance packages, he said. “Today we gave notice to 285 employees… Read More

Tense TechTV employees, numb from months of speculation about their future, were told during an emotional all-hands meeting late Wednesday afternoon that Comcast is buying their company. That announcement, expected to be made formally by Comcast on Thursday, ends months of speculation that the cable TV giant planned to buy the struggling technology news outlet, owned by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures since 1998. Read more at Wired.com