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Lebanon's LBC TV Rides Layoffs Wave Ahead of Murdoch Buy-in, Arab Media Market Expansion

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 11.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Citigroup Inc., News Corp, Arab Gulf Region, Bold Red Line, Kingdom Holdings Company, Samir Geagea, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese Forces, Rotana Media, LBC TV, Pierre El Daher, Malek Maktabi, LIBERTY MEDIA, Middle East, Booz-Allen Hamilton, Asharq Al-Awsat, Saudi Arabia, Rupert Murdoch, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, MBC TV, Lebanese Media, Denise Rahme Fakhri, Lbcsat, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanese media group LBC recently sliced 140 jobs, is trimming fat, and repositioning itself for a mega deal involving Rupert Murdoch's purchase of shares in Rotana Media.

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Liberty Media May Save Weinstein Co.

New York Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Sun Valley 2009, Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein Company, LIBERTY MEDIA, Sun Valley, Media News

LIBERTY Media saved one struggling company this year with the bailout of Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and now it may reprise its role as the white knigh...

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John Malone, Barry Diller Skeptical Of Twitter, Economy

WSJ | Julia Angwin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: John Malone, Twitter, Sun Valley 2009, Barry Diller, LIBERTY MEDIA, Iac, Sun Valley, Media News

Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, media fest got off to a gloomy start Wednesday, with downbeat panel discussions on the economy (getting worse) and th...

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DirecTV, Liberty Media Detail Spinoff Plans

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Directv, LIBERTY MEDIA, DirecTV Liberty Media, Media News

DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and...

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Mel Karmazin: Sirius XM Will Be "Very Profitable"

Fortune | Jon Birger | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

Read More: John Malone, Liberty Media Sirius XM, Mel Karmazin Sirius XM, LIBERTY MEDIA, Sirius XM, Sirius Radio, Mel Karmazin, Media News

"I really don't mind everybody second-guessing," Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin tells me, though his tone screams otherwise. Karmazin and I are chattin...

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Liberty Media Saves Sirius XM, Will Invest $530 Million

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Sirius, Sirius XM, Sirius XM Bankruptcy, John Malone, LIBERTY MEDIA, Liberty Media Sirius XM, Media News

NEW YORK — Facing a likely bankruptcy, Sirius XM Radio Inc. found a savior in Liberty Media Corp., which will lend $530 million to the satellite...

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Charlie Ergen Assures: I May Let Mel Karmazin Stay At Sirius XM

Business Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Directv, John Malone, Charlie Ergen Sirius XM, LIBERTY MEDIA, Echostar, Charlie Ergen, Charlie Ergen Mel Karmazin, Sirius, Sirius XM Bankruptcy, Sirus XM, Mel Karmazin, Siri, Media News

Echostar's Charlie Ergen and Liberty's John Malone continue to tug at the carcass of Sirius (SIRI). It sounds as though Charlie has the upper hand, p...

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John Malone, Liberty Media Chief, "Hero To Shareholders" For Dumping News Corp

New York Times | ROB COX, LAUREN SILVA and DWIGHT CASS | Posted 01.30.2009 | Media

Read More: John Malone, LIBERTY MEDIA, Media News

Media moguls have had a rough year. Sumner Redstone is jettisoning assets to maintain control of Viacom and CBS. Despite a breakup, Barry Diller's emp...

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Media Stocks Surge Well Above Market's Gains Thursday

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Stocks, LIBERTY MEDIA, Media News

Wall Street's wild ride continued Thursday with a rally spurred by rumors that a big U.S. governmental economic fix is on its way. That bit of vagary...

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Vanity Fair New Establishment 2008: The Media Moguls & Personalities

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Vanity Fair New Establishment, Vanity Fair, The Colbert Report, LIBERTY MEDIA, Media News

Vanity Fair describes its annual New Establishment list as "a global, movable band of thinkers, owners, creators, and buyers who are the tastemakers, ...

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Who's Driving Whom? The Blogosphere vs. Mainstream Media

Blaise Nutter | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, SeaChange Ideas Forum, Jonathan Alter, Arianna Huffington, Digby, LIBERTY MEDIA, Media News
Blaise Nutter

In the first panel of the day at the Seachange Ideas Forum, distinguished journalists from both sides analyzed the relationship between the traditional media and the blogosphere.

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Barry Diller And John Malone Make Up

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business

Read More: John Malone, Iac, Barry Diller, Barry Diller John Malone, John Malone Liberty, IAC Liberty, LIBERTY MEDIA, Liberty, Business News

NEW YORK — Media moguls Barry Diller and John Malone have settled their differences over the breakup of Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, paving the...

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News Corp Earnings Triple As Newsday Sale Looms

AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp, Newsday, LIBERTY MEDIA, Business News

NEW YORK — News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday he expects to clinch a deal to buy the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday within a week...

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IAC Case To Be Decided In March

Reuters | Michele Gershberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: IAC Legal Battle, LIBERTY MEDIA, Barry Diller, Iac, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Business News

A court ruling on whether IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI.O) chief Barry Diller breached his proxy agreement with controlling shareholder Liberty Media Corp...

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Diller's "Delicate Psyche" Has Its Day In Court

New York Post | Peter Lauria | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Greg Maffei, John Malone, IAC Lawsuit, Microsoft, LIBERTY MEDIA, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Diller Delicate Psyche, Barry Diller, Iac, Business News

Barry Diller personally took it on the chin again from Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei in court yesterday - but it was Liberty's case that took the hard...

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Media Mogul Smackdown: Diller, Malone Head To Court

Reuters | Michele Gershberg | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: John Malone, IAC Legal Battle, LIBERTY MEDIA, Barry Diller, Interactivecorp, Iac, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Business News

As a legal battle between Barry Diller and John Malone heads to court on Monday, the biggest surprise may just be that two of the media industry's lar...

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NBC, CBS, Disney, Time Warner Line Up To Bid For Weather Channel

New York Times | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: NBC Weather Channel, Time Warner, Disney Weather Channel, Time Warner Weather Channel, CBS Weather Channel, Nbc, Weather Channel Sale, Cbs, Disney, Weather Channel, LIBERTY MEDIA, Media News

A half-dozen media companies have signaled that they plan to bid for the Weather Channel, which is up for auction, people involved in the talks said W...

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NBC Saves "Friday Night Lights" With Help From DirecTV

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ben Silverman, Nbc, Friday Night Lights, Save Friday Night Lights, Jeff Zucker, LIBERTY MEDIA, Directv, Entertainment News

This is great news to that small but passionate audience for the best TV series you're not watching. I'm told that Jeff Zucker, Marc Graboff and Ben S...

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Twilight Of The Media Moguls

BusinessWeek | Johnnie L. Roberts | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Media Conglomerates, John Malone, LIBERTY MEDIA, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Sumner Redstone, Rupert Murdoch, Home Shopping Network, Barry Diller, Iac, Wendi Murdoch, Jeff Bewkes, Bob Iger, Business News

If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, as the old chestnut says, then it makes perfect sense that Barry Diller would host a swanky soiree last summer ...

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IAC Loses $369.9M on Mortgage Woes

AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: John Malone, Home Shopping Network, Hsn, LIBERTY MEDIA, Barry Diller, Interactivecorp, Iac, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Business News

NEW YORK — Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $369.9 million in the fourth quarter, on a big writedown at its mortgage referral business, t...

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Diller, Malone Tussle Over IAC

NYT Via Yahoo | GERALDINE FABRIKANT, BROOKS BARNES | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Mogul Wars, John Malone, LIBERTY MEDIA, Interactivecorp, John C. Malone, Diller Malone, Barry Diller, Iac, Frank Gehry, Business News

Like Hollywood stars stuck in a rut, Barry Diller and John C. Malone are always cast in the same contrasting roles. Mr. Diller, 65, lives a razzle-daz...

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Mogul War

New York Post | PETER LAURIA and PAUL THARP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: John Malone, HSN, Edgar Bronfman, Interactivecorp, Ticketmaster, LIBERTY MEDIA, Iac, Dianne Von Furstenberg, LendingTree, Steven Rattner, Business News

After weeks of trading jabs in the press and in legal filings, Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone delivered a potential knockout punch late last...

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Malone Sues Diller To Stop IAC Break-Up

AP | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Interactive Corp, John Malone, Barry Diller, LIBERTY MEDIA, Iac, Business News

John Malone's Liberty Media sued IAC and chairman Barry Diller (SA 100 #2) to block the planned break-up of the company into five separately-traded pu...

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