Mr. Peacock: Jeff Zucker is focused on building, not speculations, though some of them may be true, we think

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker is 8 months into the gig and he is fearless. He isn't worried about Rupert Murdoch's over hyped business network and he isn't worried about GE selling off his division. We guess this is the attitude one develops when they've beaten something like cancer. Zucker is hell bent on pushing NBCU to its limits, digitizing its content and reaping the rewards for his masters at GE. He is excited about this month's launch of NBCU's and Newscorp's online venture HULU.com and shares lessons learned from the failure of NBC's earlier digital effort NBCi during a sit down with USA Today. Q: Does CNBC's new rival, Fox Business Network, affect your forecast? A: There've been many competitors in this space — the Financial News Network, CNNfn, Bloomberg — all of whom were bigger than this competitor. The only thing that's different is the amount of media attention that's involved because it's Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. Zucker works on rebuilding NBC [USAT]