Liberty Will Boost Stake in News Corp. to 18% in Swap
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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.
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Liberty Media  reached an  agreement to swap a third of its stake in Time Warner Inc.   for the Atlanta Braves baseball team, $1 billion in  cash and a magazine unit, a source familiar with the matter  said.
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News Corp. Ltd. shareholders are expected to approve next week the &#36;45 billion media empire's plan to shift to the United States, but there is a slim chance fund managers could scupper the move at the last minute.
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Liberty Media Corp. 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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The New York Times reports this morning that a deal is imminent between Liberty Media chairman John Malone and News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, in which Malone will acquire one of Murdoch's prize assets: satellite service provider DirecTV.
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John Malone&#39;s move toward increasing Liberty Media&#39;s ownership share of News Corp. is part of a chess match that could end with Liberty trading its position in News Corp.
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John Malone&#39;s Liberty Media Corp. declined to comment on a newspaper report saying the company boosted its stake in Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp.
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LIBERTY MEDIA, the second-biggest shareholder in The News Corporation, yesterday denied that it had any âhostile intentionsâ towards the media group - a week after it raised its voting
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Vector will float up to 24.9 per cent of its shares on the stock exchange &quot;later rather than earlier&quot; in the next year to help pay for its takeover bid for NGC.
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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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SYDNEY - Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp is to consider moves to strengthen its corporate governance, in the face of growing shareholder concern about its relocation to the United States.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  to ward off any hostile bid from U.S. cable company Liberty  Media Corp. with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the  stake of any predator.
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  Liberty Media Corp. says swapping its stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for an operating asset like DirecTV would be "attractive" and bolster Liberty's ability to distribute media content such as TV shows and movies.
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SYDNEY : Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp. is on the &quot;cusp of a new and more prosperous era&quot; as it reported a jump in earnings and rival mogul John Malone moved to increase his stake in the company.
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Qatar has upped its stake in the London Stock Exchange to nearly 24 percent by acquiring an additional three percent of shares, a Qatari newspaper said Sunday.
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Liberty Media Corp. is set to announce  it has bought a controlling stake in Bodybuilding.com, a  Website operator and retailer targeting exercise buffs, for  more than $100 million, The Wall Street Journal reported on  Monday.
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A LANDSLIDE shareholder vote in support of News Corporation&#39;s move to the United States sent shares in the media group climbing 3.1 per cent yesterday.