Staci D. Kramer
Apr 6, 2010 6:20 PM
Over the past few years satellite distributor DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) serially has been under the control of two of the most powerful men in media. Now neither of them has it—and it’s the direct result of the transfer of controlling power from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NYSE: NWS). to John…
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Staci D. Kramer
Dec 23, 2009 7:40 PM
The year-end exec lockdown continues, Yesterday, Steve Burke and other top Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) execs got extensions to keep them on board during the NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) acquisition and integration. Today, Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) bought a little insurance against having to search for another second to Chairman John…
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Rory Maher
Feb 25, 2009 3:37 PM
John Malone is one of the great sharks of the media world, and so when he loaned Sirius XM $530 million earlier this month, no one thought it was some act of charity. But his exact motivations weren’t clear. On the earnings call today, Liberty Media’s CEO Greg Maffei addressed…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 14, 2008 9:22 AM
Note: We’ll be posting video clips this afternoon. The morning session of Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) v. IAC (NSDQ: IACI) in Delaware Chancery Court is in progress and we’re in virtual attendance via CourtroomLive ... Liberty attorney Kevin Abrams is back, with his aggressive questioning of IAC’s Barry Diller and…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Dec 3, 2007 2:35 PM
Of all the companies present at the UBS Global Media Conference Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) was likely the only one that required a minute-long introduction to explain its capital structure. Then, before CEO Greg Maffei started his chat, he showed a brief montage of Liberty Media video assets, set to…
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