NBC-Comcast marriage gets Chicago mayor's blessing, but many object

Mayor Richard M. Daley and a broad cross-section of Chicago officials, business groups and community organizations told federal regulators they support Comcast Corp.'s proposed acquisition of NBC Universal.

"They have been good corporate citizens," the mayor said in comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission this week. "I strongly support the partnership between NBC Universal and Comcast."

But lots of Illinois residents disagree. Perhaps more than a thousand expressed opposition to the deal, in many cases sending the FCC what appears to be a form letter.