Comcast would continue with its plans to spin off cable-TV networks such MS Now and CNBC as Versant in a transaction expected to take place early next year. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Postmedia files

Comcast Corp. is looking to merge its NBCUniversal division with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. , according to people familiar with the company’s plans.

Comcast on Monday made a renewed offer for part of Warner Bros. that would give it control of the combined entity , according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the terms haven’t been made public.

Warner Bros. shareholders would receive a combination of cash and stock in the new entity. Comcast, a Philadelphia-based cable-TV and internet-service provider , is among three Warner Bros. suitors that submitted o

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