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Wednesday, May 15, 5:53 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:30 p.m.: CSCO +8.5%. TSLA +5.1%. LMCA +4.9%. ABX +3.7%. GOLD +3.7%.
After-hours top losers: NQ -8.3%. CASH -4.9%. ACXM -3.9%. MBTF -3.3%. CTSH -3.2%. Comment! [On the Move]
Wednesday, May 15, 4:45 PM Another new position on the Berkshire (BRK.A) 13F is a $630M stake in Liberty Media (LMCA +0.4% AH), already a nice score as the stock's up nearly 15% from its Q1 level. (earlier on Berkshire 13F). 3 Comments
Wednesday, May 8, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AOL, ARQL, CTSH, CWH, DTEGY.PK, ENB, EZCH, FSYS, FUN, KRO, LMCA, LSE, MPEL, NAVB, NICE, POZN, SODA, STWD, THI, TTI, VVUS, WEN, WMC Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, May 7, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Wednesday’s open: AOL, ARQL, CTSH, CWH, DTEGY.PK, ENB, EZCH, FSYS, FUN, KRO, LMCA, LSE, MPEL, NAVB, NICE, POZN, SODA, STWD, THI, TTI, VVUS, WEN, WMC Comment! [Earnings]
Tuesday, April 30, 7:34 AM More on Sirius XM Radio (SIRI): The company says its total paid subscriber base increased 9% Y/Y to reach 24.4M as the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry helps bring in first-time subscribers. Subscriber acquisition costs per gross addition declined during the period. At the end of the quarter, free cash flow stood at $142M. Guidance for 2013 is for total net subscriber adds of 1.4M and revenue of over $3.7B. SIRI +1.0% premarket. (PR) 3 Comments [Consumer, Earnings, On the Move]
Thursday, April 18, 1:45 PM Liberty Media's (LMCA -0.8%) string of high-profile deals (Starz, Sirius XM Radio, Barnes & Noble, Charter) might not be done just yet, according to media industry insiders. The company still has up to $1B in non-core portfolio assets it could sell off and it isn't against the idea of borrowing more to make another key acquisition. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Thursday, April 11, 6:53 AM Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) names Liberty Media (LMCA) CEO Greg Maffei as its new chairman to replace Eddy Hartenstein. The company fell under the control of Liberty Media in January after the media concern's stake rose to over 50%. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, March 19, 8:46 AM More on the Charter Communications (CHTR) - Liberty Media (LMCA) deal: Even with four board seats and a sizable stake, analysts thinks the end game for Liberty Media is complete control and a potential merger/spinoff scenario. The deal could have a long-term impact for either Time Warner Cable (TWC) or Cablevision (CVC) and also brings in some interesting possibilities for Sirius XM Radio (SIRI). 1 Comment [Consumer]
Tuesday, March 19, 8:18 AM Deal on: Liberty Media (LMCA) will take a 27.3% stake in Charter Communications (CHTR) by paying $95.50 per share for a deal price of $2.617B if board approval is granted. As part of the proposed deal, Liberty will nab four spots on Charter's board. (Previous CHTR-LMCA: I, II) 1 Comment [Consumer, M&A]
Tuesday, March 19, 3:38 AM More on Liberty Media (LMCA) - Charter (CHTR) deal: Liberty is reportedly close to agreeing to a deal to buy a 25% stake in Charter for $2.5B from private-equity firms, including Apollo (APO). The move would mark John Malone's return as a major force in U.S. cable TV after he sold Tele-Communications to AT&T for $48B in 1999, and would add to large international acquisitions. Comment! [M&A, Consumer]
Monday, March 18, 12:47 PM Shares of Charter Communications (CHTR +8.4%) are under a trading halt after jetting higher on reports of a potential purchase by Liberty Media (LMCA -1%) of a sizable stake in the company. 1 Comment [Consumer, On the Move]
Friday, March 15, 6:20 AM Live Nation (LYV) has named Liberty Media (LMCA) CEO Greg Maffei as Chairman to replace Irving Azoff, who left in December to start an artist-representation firm. Liberty is Live Nation's largest shareholder with a 27% stake, and Maffei has been on the latter company's board since February 2011. (PR) Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, February 5, 11:07 AM Satellite radio is just beginning to build its footprint with a large percentage of automobiles now embedded with the technology in a trend which Lazard Capital Markets' Barton Crocket thinks bodes well for Sirius XM Radio (SIRI -0.9%). The analyst calls the chance for a SIRI spinoff from Liberty Media (LMCA +0.8%) a very real possibility in a few years. 6 Comments [Consumer]
Friday, January 18, 3:24 AM The inevitable has finally happened and Liberty Media (LMCAD) has taken majority control of Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) by increasing its stake to 50.7% after acquiring 50M shares at $3.15 each. Liberty has said in the past that Sirius should improve its technology and expand internationally. 9 Comments [M&A, Tech, Consumer]
Monday, January 14, 2:07 PM Shares of Starz (STRZA) rise 9.7% in their Nasdaq debut after spinning off from Liberty Media (LMCA +1%). The company - which boasts about 55M subscribers for its Starz, Encore, and Movieplex channels - is considered by analysts to be a juicy target for a large media company. Comment! [Consumer, On the Move]
Wednesday, January 9, 7:34 PM Liberty Media (LMCA) has been awarded a €765M ($999M) judgment in its lawsuit against Vivendi SA (VIVHY.PK). The case stems from Vivendi’s 2001 purchase of LMCA’s stake in USA Networks. A jury awarded the damages, agreeing with Liberty Media’s claim that Paris-based Vivendi misled it about a liquidity crisis at the company, artificially inflating the value of its shares, which it used to make the purchase. Comment! [Global & FX]

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