Comcast in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation for more than $3 billion - WSJ

A woman walks past the NBC logo and Comcast displayed at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, formerly known as the GE building, in midtown Manhattan in New York July 23, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid·Reuters

(Reuters) - Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O), the largest U.S. cable operator, is in talks to buy Hollywood studio owner DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O) for more than $3 billion (2 billion pounds), The Wall street Journal reported, citing sources.

It was not immediately clear what a deal would mean for DreamWorks Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Journal said.

Comcast and DreamWorks were not available to comment outside of regular U.S. business hours.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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