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Liberty to let DirecTV go?

Reuters reporters have concluded that Liberty is preparing a sale of the satellite TV service.


Convergence diary: AOL spin

The rational for building and breaking apart content production and distribution empires is still up in the air as Time Warner breaks off AOL, Comcast covets NBC and Cablevision divests Madison Square Garden.


Sirius faces its next challenge in May

Mel Karmazin's deal with John Malone's Liberty Media helps Sirius XM end its troubles with Charlie Ergen, but it doesn't end the possibility of a bankruptcy filing.


Sirius narrowly escapes creditors

The satellite radio company is saved from a Chapter 11 filing with $530 million in loans from Liberty Media.


The clock ticks for Sirius' Karmazin

With a plot resembling a Hollywood movie, Sirius XM's Mel Karmazin is frantically seeking a white knight to thwart long-time rival Charlie Ergen from snapping up the media company.


Malone: Discovery-Scripps deal 'unlikely'

Media and technology billionaire John Malone does not expect the newly restructured Discovery Communications Inc. to buy Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., a Pali Capital Inc. analyst blogged Friday....


IAC, Liberty settle their differences

Liberty Media Corp. and IAC/InterActiveCorp announced Tuesday they have resolved their legal dispute about IAC's proposed restructuring....


Joyce: Who is bidding for Weather Channel?

So the latest round of bidding for Landmark Communications Inc.'s Weather Channel is supposed to close Thursday. Strategic bidders reportedly include NBC Universal, CBS Corp., the Walt Disney Co., Time Warner Inc., the Comcast Corp. and Liberty Media Corp. David Joyce, analyst for Miller Tabak + Co. LLC, shared his thoughts with Dealscape about the auction.  ...


Roll Call: For IAC breaking up is hard to do

While the board of IAC/InterActiveCorp mulls over the possibility of breaking up the company into five separate pieces, CEO Barry Diller has apparently been in discussions with Liberty Media Corp. over a possible asset swap. Liberty apparently wants to acquire IAC's Home Shopping Network and combine it with QVC, the New York Post reports. Previously, Liberty, a shareholder in IAC, had attempted to block the breakup, taking its case to Delaware court, which ultimately ruled in favor of IAC. - Maria Woehr...


IAC's Diller wins court battle with Liberty Media's Malone

The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled late Friday in favor of Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, thus denying efforts of John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. to block the spinoff of four IAC units as separate companies....


IAC vs. Liberty Media: No decision?

Barry Diller finished his testimony Friday in a Wilmington, Del., courtroom, concluding a week-long trial between IAC/InterActiveCorp and John Malone's Liberty Media Inc....


IAC attorneys testify ahead of Diller

Two lawyers for IAC/InterActiveCorp testified Thursday morning in the Delaware Chancery Court that Liberty Media Corp. has no veto right over IAC's supposed restructuring....



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