NBC President Jeff Zucker (Ryan J. Reilly / Main Justice).
The Justice Department won the fight with the Federal Trade Commission and will review the merger between Comcast and NBC Universal, the Los Angeles Times reported and a person familiar with the matter confirmed to Main Justice.
The two agencies share authority in reviewing mergers for antitrust concerns and divide the work largely based on precedent.
The Comcast-NBC merger raises cutting edge issues that both agencies wanted to assess, and both had prior experience in related industries.
The deal will also be reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, which will assess if the deal is in the public interest.
Comcast and NBC execs are headed to Capitol Hill for hearings in the House and Senate in early February.
