PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 21, 2026--
Comcast’s Xfinity today announced the launch of Xfinity Membership, a new loyalty experience that brings customers’ favorite rewards together with even more benefits, including epic experiences, everyday perks and special discounts. Designed to make the benefits easier to access and more rewarding than ever, Xfinity Membership includes automatic status, at no additional cost and with no enrollment required.
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Beginning today, all eligible Xfinity customers will automatically become Xfinity Members, gaining access to a new, elevated membership experience that delivers weekly perks, meaningful discounts, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Now, Xfinity Membership status is based on the number of eligible Xfinity services a customer has and tenure with Comcast’s Xfinity. Over 30% of customers currently enrolled in the Xfinity Rewards program, which will be retired starting now, will be automatically upgraded to a higher tier within the new Xfinity Membership experience with even more value unlocked from day one.
Seamless access to all benefits, like the upcoming BAHC Live! Concert Series Presented by Xfinity, is made possible directly through the Xfinity app, where Members can easily view available offers, discounts and enter to win incredible experiences and more that only Comcast NBCUniversal can offer.
A STAR-STUDDED MEMBERSHIP KICK OFF IN SAN FRANCISCO
Xfinity Membership launches with a slate of premium opportunities, including exclusive access to the Bay Area Host Committee’s BAHC Live! Concert Series Presented by Xfinity, during the week leading up to The Big Game in San Francisco. Pop singer Benson Boone will kick off the series on Thursday, Feb. 5, followed by EDM DJ Martin Garrix on Feb. 6, and country music star Chris Stapleton on Feb. 7.
Eligible Xfinity Members in the Bay Area can claim complimentary tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. The tickets include access to Xfinity Club Cortina, a VIP lounge and Olympics-themed experience, complete with gondolas, snow and all the action from Milan-Cortina on the big screen. Members will also enjoy access to a dedicated VIP viewing area, putting them just steps from the stage, as well as incredible food and drinks served by surprise guests. Xfinity Members and guests at the concert series should keep their eyes out for Xfinity-branded ambassadors onsite for automatic upgrades to Xfinity Club Cortina.
In addition, Xfinity will host two sweepstakes. One national sweepstakes offers a fully hosted San Francisco experience, including travel expenses, two concert tickets for all three nights, and VIP access to the Xfinity 415 Lounge for one lucky winner and guest. A SF-area sweepstakes will award one winner per show (three winners total) with two tickets (for the winner and a guest), no travel included. Earlier in the month, Xfinity held a pre-sale window for tickets to the concert that sold out within 24 hours.
Members will continue to see new perks, like access to the event in San Francisco, discounts, and exclusive experiences added regularly throughout the year.
THE ULTIMATE MEMBERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Xfinity Membership is designed to make loyalty effortless. Members enjoy automatic access to three categories of benefits that evolve yearlong:
Membership tiers - Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond - are enhanced to reflect both tenure and service relationships, rewarding members who stay longer or bundle multiple Xfinity services with even more value and premium access. Tiers include:
PERKS & EXPERIENCES ONLY COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL CAN OFFER
Xfinity Membership brings the best of Comcast NBCUniversal to our customers. From entertainment and streaming to theme parks, live events, and cultural moments, Xfinity Membership unlocks exclusive opportunities made possible by Comcast’s family of brands, including NBCUniversal, Universal Destinations & Experiences, Peacock, and more.
For more information, visit xfinity.com/membership.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, our businesses reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. We deliver world-class broadband, wireless, and video through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky; produce, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through brands including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock, and Sky; and bring incredible theme parks and attractions to life through Universal Destinations & Experiences. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
Xfinity Unveils New Membership Experience Packed With Exclusive Perks and Surprises
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Review-Journal announced Friday that it will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades, amid an ongoing legal dispute over the nation's last joint operating agreement stemming from a 1970 law designed to preserve newspapers.
Readers “will not find a printed Las Vegas Sun insert inside,” the Review-Journal said in an editorial, noting the Sun maintains a website, has a few hundred thousand followers across social media platforms, and is free to produce its own newspaper.
“We encourage them to do so. The Review-Journal competes with countless sources of news and entertainment, but we would welcome one more. We just don’t want to foot the bill. It is time the Sun stood up on its own two feet,” the editorial said, without specifying the cost.
The two publications will be in court Friday and the Sun hopes a judge will order printing to immediately resume, attorney Leif Reid said in an email. It will be the first day in 76 years that the Sun hasn’t been printed, he said.
“This does irreparable harm to our community, as no one benefits when a local newspaper is prevented from being published,” he said.
The now-rare joint operating agreement required the Sun to be printed as a daily insert in the Review-Journal, while both companies remained editorially independent with separate newsrooms and websites.
A lower court had found the agreement was unenforceable because a 2005 update was never signed by the U.S. attorney general, and in February the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the Sun.
The Review-Journal editorial called the Supreme Court decision a decisive victory, saying that halting publication of the Sun on Friday was “a result of 6½ years of litigation between the newspapers, precipitated by the Sun.”
Such agreements between rival publications have dwindled as part of a "long, slow goodbye of newspapers as we knew them,” said Ken Doctor, a news business analyst. The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News ended a 40-year agreement last year. USA Today Co., which owns the Detroit Free Press, recently announced its plans to purchase the Detroit News.
In 1950, the Sun was founded in response to the Review-Journal’s refusal to negotiate with typesetters from the International Typographical Union. The union started its own newspaper and reached out to businessman Hank Greenspun for financial backing. The Greenspuns still own the paper.
The Review-Journal has been publishing since 1909, first as the Clark County Review. It is owned by the Adelson family, casino magnates and mega GOP donors, and remains the state’s largest newspaper.
The Review-Journal’s editorials lean more conservative, while the Sun’s lean liberal. The 1970 law signed by then President Richard Nixon, called the Newspaper Preservation Act, was designed to save newspapers costs while maintaining competition and editorial variety in cities as newspapers began to financially struggle.
The papers first entered into a joint operating agreement in 1989 when the Sun was struggling to stay afloat financially. The agreement made the Sun an afternoon newspaper during weekdays and a section within the Review-Journal on weekend mornings, while the Review-Journal handled production, distribution and advertising. The Review-Journal also collected all revenue and was required to pay the Sun monthly to cover the Sun’s news and editorial expenses.
In 2005 the agreement was amended to make the Sun an insert in the Review-Journal every morning.
Review-Journal owners sought to end the agreement in 2019, and in response the Sun’s owners filed a lawsuit alleging that ending the agreement violated anti-trust laws.
The 1970 law allowing such agreements was signed at a time when news options weren't as prevalent and there was more concern over news monopolies.
Las Vegas — and Nevada as a whole — today have more strong, independent news organizations compared to other places, said Stephen Bates, a journalism and media professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Sun also publishes online. But it has argued in court that losing its print product could make it harder to recruit staff, cause a loss in readers, and even force it to close.
Genelle Belmas, a journalism professor at the University of Kansas who specializes in media law, said it would be disappointing if the last joint operating agreement in the country ends. During visits to Vegas, she's enjoyed being able to pick up the Review-Journal and see the Sun folded inside, offering two differing points of view in one place. Online news outlets make it easier for consumers to stay in their echo chambers, she said.
“Every local news outlet we lose — and that includes big towns, small towns, whatever — is a loss of perspective and a loss of a potential alternative view,” Belmas said.
FILE - This Dec. 17, 2015 file photo shows a sign outside the building housing the Las Vegas Review-Journal in Las Vegas. AP Photo/John Locher, File)
