Hasta La Gadget!

There are often a few casualities of sorts during times of corporate change–takeovers, mergers and the like. Some parties just don’t make it out of the proceedings unscathed. NBC’s purchase by Comcast is no different. The company is losing a bird–and Universal is losing the world.

NBC Universal (space) held a town hall meeting yesterday to inform its 25,000 employees that the company will be henceforth known as NBCUniversal (no space). And the famous peacock and the Universal globe are gone from the corporate logo.

Don’t feel too sorry for the bird, however. NBC the broadcaster will retain the peacock, and Universal still gets to keep the globe for its studio and theme parks. And really, the whole spaceless NBCUniversal thing is logo-only. There’s still a space, technically, but you know, it’s all about unity.

We’ll leave the rest of the explanation to the disembodied voice in the promo shown to employees, “We aren’t a family of two favorite sons, rather one filled with talented people and companies all tied for first.”