UPDATE 1-Liberty Media, Merrill swapping News Corp shares
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Liberty Media Corp. (LN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it is doubling its voting stake in News Corp. ahead of time in a share-swapping transaction with Merrill Lynch expected to be completed in mid-January.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. moved to ward off any hostile bid from Liberty Media with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.
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If you're John Malone, your whole life is one big episode of Deal or No Deal. And this week, it appears, the wily billionaire and chairman of Liberty Media (LINTA) has struck what amounts to his biggest deal in years -- swapping Liberty's 19% stake in News Corp.
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Liberty Media Chairman John Malone left industry watchers intrigued Thursday after striking a complicated deal that could boost his voting stake in News Corp.
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LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is discussing swapping social networking Web site MySpace for a 25 percent stake in Yahoo Inc., The Times newspaper reported Wednesday.
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The Liberty Media Corporation, which is controlled by John C. Malone, began yesterday to accelerate a planned swap of nonvoting shares in the News Corporation, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch, for voting shares in the company.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. and Dow  Jones & Co. Inc. have &quot;basically agreed&quot; on safeguards to the  editorial independence of Dow Jones&#39; news operations, a source  familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, setting the stage for  Dow Jones to accept a $5 billion buyout offer.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  on Monday to prevent a hostile bid from U.S. cable company  Liberty Media Corp., launching a plan to issue stock options  that would dilute the stake of any predator.
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A LANDSLIDE shareholder vote backing News Corporation&#39;s move to the US sent shares in the media group up 3.1 per cent yesterday.
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GLOBAL media giant News Corp succumbed to intense institutional pressure yesterday and agreed to retain its full foreign listing on the Australian Stock Exchange if shareholders approved the company&#39;s proposal to shift to the United States.
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Liberty Media Corp. L.N on Tuesday  posted an eight-fold gain in quarterly net profit following the  purchase of a majority stake in shopping network QVC and a  large gain on the sale of assets.
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Time Warner Inc.'s  cable  division said on Tuesday it has become a public company and  expects its shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange  and start trading as early as March 1.
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday said he can live with Liberty Media Corp. being a large shareholder of the media conglomerate if Liberty Chairman John Malone signs a pact preventing his company from raising its stake.
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Media group News Corp. Ltd. has offered an olive branch to investors opposed to it moving its main share listing to the United States, telling them it is considering moves to enhance shareholder rights.
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Dow Jones & Co.&#39;s  board and  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N) have completed talks on a  $5 billion buyout of Dow Jones and are expected to announce a  deal next week, London&#39;s The Business weekly magazine reported  on Friday.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  NWS.NMonday said it would buy the remaining 18 percent of its  Fox Entertainment Group Inc. FOX.N  unit in a stock swap  worth roughly $6 billion, which analysts said would simplify  the media conglomerate's structure.
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John Malone&#39;s Liberty Media Corp. will boost its ownership of News Corp. voting shares to 18 percent, more than originally planned, after speeding up the transaction by three months.