MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Malone's Liberty Media was one of most interested groups in buying out Digital+ but has decided against going on with a bid. Liberty Media has no presence in Spain but has tried to enter...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liberty Media Corp.’s next acquisition might be the fading dial-up Internet business of AOL.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Film News: Online pact includes 'Ratatouille,' 'Superbad' -- Netflix has engineered a deal with Liberty Media's Starz for the rights to stream about 1,000 movies a year on its website, including such contempo hits as "Spider-Man 3," "Ratatouille," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Superbad."
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
From "Spider-Man 3" to "No Country for Old Men," Netflix Inc. is making another 2,500 movies, TV shows and concerts available for instant viewing through a deal with Starz Entertainment LLC. The world's largest online movie rental service and Starz, a subsidiary of conglomerate Liberty Media Corp., were planning to announce Wednesday that Starz titles were being added to the "Watch Instantly" feature...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Liberty Media (LINTA) chairman John Malone says his company has been in "limited discussions" to swap its Time Warner (TWX) stake in exchange for AOL's dialup Internet access business, the FT's Ken Li reports . As we noted in August , there are obvious advantages for both sides: Liberty gets a cash-generating (though shrinking) telecom business; AOL gets rid of its dialup albatross as it focuses on...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Liberty Media CEO John Malone told the Financial Times his company is ready to swap its $1.42 billion stake in Time Warner in order to acquire AOL's dialup business. There's just one holdup. "Time... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Talk of a Yahoo-AOL combo has once again heated up , but what becomes of the access business? Its final home could still be Liberty Media ( NSDQ: LINTA ). CEO John Malone told the FT that his company and Time Warner have had "limited talks" to swap the declining (but profitable) dial-up business in exchange for Liberty's stake in Time Warner ( NYSE: TWX ). Of course, as Malone notes: "Time Warner...
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
John Malone has begun talks about swapping his stake in Time Warner for the internet access operation of AOL, the media group's internet services division, the Liberty Media chairman said
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media LLC ("Liberty") today announced that it has commenced cash tender offers for any and all of its outstanding 7-7/8% Senior Notes due 2009 ("7-7/8% Notes") (CUSIP No.: 530715AB7) and 7-3/4% Senior Notes due 2009 ("7-3/4% Notes") (CUSIP No.: 530718AA3). The tender offers are scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) will present at the Liberty Media Investor Day on Friday, Sept. 26, at approximately 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT. The presentation will
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Chris Forrester, on 22-09-2008 Liberty Media-owned Ascent Media has sold its subtitling business, Visiontext, to SDI Media. SDI is the largest subtitling and dubbing provider. The deal will close by...
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Filed under: Industry , Satellite Not that DirecTV CEO Chase Casey and his chairman John Malone have begun grabbing each other by the ties yet, but reports are flowing that the two aren't in agreement about the future structure of DirecTV Latin America. Liberty Media, which has a controlling stake in the satcaster, could actually spin DirecTV LA off once Liberty gains full control -- at least, that's...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Rupert Murdoch has conceded that he "might have been wrong" when he sold News Corp's 41-percent stake in DirecTV to John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. Speaking to a Goldman ...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Any entity with Liberty Media ( NSDQ: LINTA ) DNA takes some time to unpack, but Discovery should now get a bit simpler… Wednesday shareholders of Discovery Holdings officially approved a plan to create a singular Discovery Communications ( NSDQ: DISCA ) Inc, owning both Discovery and Animal Planet. The shareholder approval marks a formal conclusion to a plan hatched last December between Discovery...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Rupert Murdoch says he "might have been wrong" in selling off a 41 percent stake in DirecTV Group Inc. to John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. in February.
