Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
NEW YORK -- Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.
Value Expectations - (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The list of most actively traded stocks in the S&P 500 seems to attract the most attention amongst the investment community and always create a good amount of “Buzz”. We decided to take the list of the most actively traded stocks over the last 50 trading days (excluding financials) and run them through meat grinder to see which are worthy of the hype and are attractive investment opportunities...
Controlled Greed (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Let's get right to it -- five items you might check out over the next couple of days. I reported selling half my DirecTV Group (DTV) stake this week, when the stock doubled from my entry price. My remaining half...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Media mogul John Malone said the U.S. No.1 satellite TV operator DirecTV Group is not up for sale in an interview with business cable network CNBC on Friday.
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
DirecTV Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV) has appointed Michael White as their new CEO. White previously worked at PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) as the Vice Chairman. Interestingly White does not have much experience in the food and beverage industry so that makes the decision quite interesting for DirecTV. There is speculation that he will act as [...]
Madd Money (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty Media Corp.'s entertainment businesses, as the chairman of both firms dampened speculation about a sale to a big phone company.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
John C. Malone, the chairman of the DirecTV Group, is not ruling out a possible takeover of his company by AT&T or Verizon Communications, saying they would probably have closer ties to DirecTV as they develop packages of phone and television service.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - DIRECTV today announced the successful completion of the previously announced transactions involving the combination of DIRECTV Group and Liberty Entertainment, Inc. (LEI), a company split-off from Liberty Media Corporation. The transactions were completed following
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DIRECTV today announced the successful completion of the previously announced transactions involving the combination of DIRECTV Group and Liberty Entertainment, Inc. (LEI), a company split-off from Liberty Media Corporation. The transactions were completed following a special meeting of stockholders of The DIRECTV Group held today. Special Meeting The stockholders...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
PHILADELPHIA — Media mogul John Malone said Thursday that Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal would give it too much market power and force competitors to consider similar acquisitions. Comcast Corp. – the nation's largest cable TV provider – is in talks to buy a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co. GE is negotiating to buy back...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Shareholders have approved a spinoff of DirecTV and other entertainment businesses from Liberty Media.
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