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Barnes & Noble Inc said John Malone's Liberty Media Corp has proposed buying the largest U.S. bookstore chain for $1.02 billion. Liberty Media has offered $17 per share, a 20.5 percent premium over Barnes & Noble's closing share price on Thursday. Barnes & Noble said the offer has not yet been...

LIBERTY TO INVEST US$ 530 MILLION IN SIRIUS XM RADIO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberty Media Corp has announced it will invest US$ 530 million in Sirius XM Radio, fending off a rival bid from EchoStar. Liberty Media, owner of DirecTV...

Liberty Media Gives Bailout to Sirius XM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sirius XM Radio and Liberty Media Corp. have entered into agreements for Liberty to invest $530 million in the form of loans to Sirius XM and its subsidiaries in an...

What's Next for Liberty Entertainment? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's next for Liberty Media and its Liberty Entertainment entity? Late last week, Liberty Media said its board authorized a plan to distribute to holders of the Liberty...

Liberty Pushes Ahead With Split-Off of Entertainment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Late Friday, Liberty Media said its board of directors authorized a plan to distribute to holders of the Liberty Entertainment group tracking stock shares of a...

Liberty Moves on DIRECTV Equity Collar, DISH Debuts Pasiones, SkyREPORT Br -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberty Media said it has chosen to unwind 50 percent of the first tranche of a DIRECTV equity collar it entered into in April. The first...

A Wall Street Nod for Liberty Entertainment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Eagan of Collins Stewart was busy again on the satellite TV front, initiating coverage of Liberty Entertainment shares with a buy rating and $33 price target...

Keeping an Eye on DIRECTV/Liberty Entertainment Moves At that same Merrill Lynch conference, Liberty Media's Greg Maffei outlined the company's plan to take Liberty Entertainment, which holds a controlling stake in DIRECTV, and turn the tracking stock into an asset-based stock. Last week...

What's Next After Liberty Entertainment Split-Off News? Liberty Media's announcement Wednesday that it plans to split off Liberty Entertainment could be a possible first step toward a full consolidation of DIRECTV into the Liberty-controlled entity, said some observers. Liberty Media said...