David Cohen

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Sergeant York Will Replace Jovan’s Place in Fishtown

Jovan’s Place was Fishtown’s perfect Yugoslavian corner bar and restaurant. A family-run spot serving cheap drinks and stuffed cabbage, there for 31 years. It closed for […]

The Scene

Mark Segal’s Book-Signing

Wednesday night a room full of movers and shakers gathered at the Independence Visitor Center to pay tribute to a national LGBT trailblazer, Mark Segal, […]

City Life

Comcast’s Brian Roberts Reaffirms Faith in David Cohen

[Update 3:45 p.m.] If there’s speculation about David Cohen’s future at Comcast, it’s not coming from Brian Roberts, the company’s chairman and CEO. He released a […]

City Life

WATCH: Anti-Comcast Activists Disrupt Penn Trustees Meeting

[Updated with David Cohen comment on FCC vote.] Anti-Comcast student activists disrupted a meeting of the Penn Board of Trustees this morning, protesting the company’s […]

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Interview: The David to Comcast’s Goliath

Is Patrick Gottsch the David to Comcast’s Goliath? He’s certainly making the attempt. Gottsch is the founder of RFD-TV, an Omaha-based television network that features […]

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Cohen Says City Leaders Will Open Checkbooks for Pope, DNC

Wondering where Philly will get the money to pay for a visit from Pope Francis and to host the Democratic National Convention? David Cohen, vice president […]

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5 Fun Facts From the NYT’s Profile of Comcast’s David Cohen

Over the weekend, the New York Times featured a profile of David Cohen, Comcast vice president and all-around power broker, calling him the company’s “real […]

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Comcast Today: Did the Feds Just Save the Time Warner Merger?

Remember how we told you the other day that Comcast’s faltering stock price might end its merger with Time Warner Cable? Well: The federal government […]

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The Connection Between Comcast and Tom Corbett

There was plenty of cynicism expressed last February when Comcast’s David L. Cohen—a longtime Democratic fundraiser—announced his support for embattled Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, a […]

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What Obama Said at David Cohen’s Last Night

Obama, as we notified you yesterday, spent an hour at David L. Cohen’s house in Mt. Airy headlining a fundraiser for senate candidates. The goal–to […]

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Barack Obama’s in Philadelphia Today

POTUS is rolling through town for a fundraiser aiming to raise one million bucks for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Guess whose house he’ll be […]