News Corp, Liberty talk about DirecTV swap: report
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News Corp. NWS.N has held talks to   swap its controlling stake in DirecTV Group Inc. DTV.N for   Liberty Media's LCAPA.O stake in News Corp.,   according to a CNBC report on Thursday.
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After weeks of speculation and controversy over an apparent deal between Major League Baseball and DirecTV that would limit access to baseball's Extra Innings package to subscribers of the satellite service, the parties announced the deal yesterday in a conference call, though they would not confirm the details of a widely reported seven-year, $700 million pact.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., moving to regain full control of its majority owned Fox television properties, is offering to buy the remaining publicly held shares of Fox Entertainment Group Inc. for stock valued at about $5.9 billion.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. recently discussed swapping its MySpace social-networking site in exchange for a large stake in Yahoo, according to published reports.
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Talks of a swap between Liberty Media and the News Corporation was met with some skepticism by Liberty shareholders.
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News Corp. said on Monday it was  "optimistic" over reaching a deal to buy back or swap Liberty  Media's shares in the company.
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LONDON - Media tycoon John Malone&#39;s Liberty Media Group has secured an equity swap deal with Merrill Lynch, which could double its 9.15% voting stake in Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation.
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  Media mogul Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that talks are heating up with Liberty Media Corp. over how to unwind Liberty's stake in News Corp.   "We are in more active negotiations than before," the News Corp.
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Liberty Media sees benefits  in buying all of DirecTV Group Inc. and spinning off the top  U.S. satellite television provider into another tracking stock,  CEO Greg Maffei said.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation  announced it will host a conference call, in conjunction with Bear Stearns, beginning at 4:15 p.m. (ET) on June 6, 2007. On that call, Mike George, President and CEO of QVC, Inc., will discuss QVC's operations.
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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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News Corp. and its second-biggest  shareholder, Liberty Media Corp. are close to a deal that will  solidify News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch's control of his  company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing  people close to the situation.
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News Corp, the media group led by Rupert Murdoch, on Monday announced plans for a poison pill rights issue to prevent a hostile takeover by potential predators such as Liberty Media, one of the company&#39;s largest shareholders.
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Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV Group Inc. will sell half its stake in Hughes Network Systems Inc. to SkyTerra, a company controlled by a New York private equity firm, the companies said Monday. -Michael S. Rosenwald
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LIBERTY Media&#39;s move last week to grab up to 17.1 per cent of News Corporation voting stock has prompted the launch of a defensive shareholder rights plan.
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NEW YORK  - DirecTV Group  the largest U.S.satellite television service, will buy its controllingshareholder News Corp Ltd.'s  stakes in Sky LatinAmerica for $579 million and combine its operations withDirecTV Latin America, the companies said on Monday.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. Ltd. moved to ward off any hostile bid from US cable company Liberty Media Corp. with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.