Liberty Media News

John Malone showed once again that he can handle any situation - including getting heckled at a meeting of his own shareholders.

Last Thursday, shareholders of Liberty Media Entertainment and DirecTV formally approved the merger between the two companies.

Liberty Media Corp Chairman John Malone said on Thursday that DirecTV Group would be "compatible" with a telephone company if either of its current partners showed an interest in buying it.

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell is resigning at the end of the year; he will be replaced by Peter Klein, the CFO of Microsoft's business division.

Television retailer QVC, a unit of Douglas County-based Liberty Media Corp., has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watchinginstead of mall-hopping - on Black Friday, an event that it has traditionally ignored.

Overture Films - the two-year-old Hollywood studio owned by John Malone's Liberty Media Corp.

CNBC; TVNewsCheck John Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media and one of the most astute observers of media in the last 20 years, says the business model that supports local TV is broken and doesn't work.

In time for the holiday season, Loblaw Companies Limited has announced that from Dec.

With the completion of the split-off transaction from Liberty Media Corp. combining DirecTV Group and Liberty Entertainment, Inc., Liberty Sports has been rebranded as DirecTV Sports Networks.The subsidiary of DirecTV comprises a trio of regional sports networks: FSN Northwest, FSN Pittsburgh and FSN Rocky Mountain .

The companies havena t examined the studioa s finances and their level of interest will depend on price, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks are private.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday.

Shareholders have approved a spinoff of DirecTV and other entertainment businesses from Liberty Media.

Michael White will take the reins at DirecTV on Jan. 1, 2010. View Larger DirecTV Group Inc.

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.

In this Jan. 27, 2006 file photo, Michael White, then, CEO of PepsiCo USA, speaks in a panel session on Global Brands during the World Economic Forum WEF in Davos, Switzerland.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is warning its margins are taking a hit as it cuts prices to stay competitive -- and that these price wars will likely continue into the holiday season.

Loblaw Companies Ltd saw its third-quarter profits jump by 20 per cent as the grocery chain benefited from cost containment and improved supply chain efficiencies.

Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei signaled Thursday that he won't leave his post to become CEO of DirecTV and said that Comcast Corp.

Jeffrey Bewkes can't wait for the day when Time Warner is evaluated strictly as a content company.

U.S. trade deficit increased in September with the rise in crude oil imports. Gold traded near record high.