Liberty Media
| Liberty Media Corporation
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US53071M1045 |
| founding | 1991 (first trading day) |
| Seat |
Douglas County , Colorado , United States
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| Number of employees | 4393 ( FY 2017) |
| sales | 7,594,000,000 USD ( FY 2017) |
| Branch | Media group |
| Website | www.libertymedia.com |
The Liberty Media Corporation is an American media company , which is majority owned by John Malone . It holds stakes in television stations, newspapers and film studios. The company is traded on the stock exchange ( NASDAQ ) in the form of several tracking stocks .
organization
The corporation is divided into three parts:
Qurate Retail Group
In March 2018 this division was renamed from Liberty Interactive Group to Qurate Retail Group .
- QVC Inc.
- Provide commerce
- Backcountry.com
- BUYSEASONS
- Bodybuilding.com
- IAC / InterActiveCorp
- Expedia Inc.
- Home Shopping Network
Liberty Starz Group
Liberty Capital Group
- Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc.
- TruePosition Inc.
- SIRIUS XM Radio Inc.
- Time Warner Inc. (minority interests)
- Live Nation (minority interests)
history
After Liberty Media was first traded on the stock exchange in 1991, there were a number of mergers, including with Tele-Communications International Inc. In the course of the merger with AT&T in 1999, Liberty Media first became a tracking stock and in 2001 again as an independent company of AT&T split off. This was followed in 2003 by the merger with Ascent Media Group , Inc. and Liberty Satellite & Technology , Inc. In 2004, Liberty Media International (now Liberty Global ) was spun off and in 2005 the Discovery Holding Company , indirect owner of the Discovery Channel .
For the purchase of the Formula One Group in September 2016, the purchase price stated was 4.4 billion US dollars (approx. 3.93 billion euros). The managing director Bernie Ecclestone initially remained active as managing director, the company headquarters remained in London . On January 23, 2017, Ecclestone was dismissed as managing director with immediate effect. He was succeeded by Chase Carey .
Web links
- Liberty Media Corporation Annual Report 2009 (PDF; 4.0 MB)
- Group portrait on mediadb.eu, Institute for Media and Communication Policy
swell
- ↑ Fortune 500 Companies 2018: Who Made the List. Retrieved July 18, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Fortune 500 Companies 2018: Who Made the List. Retrieved July 18, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Liberty Media Announces Formula One Group Investor Meeting Webcast. NASDAQ, October 16, 2017, accessed January 8, 2018 .
- ^ Formula 1 sales are perfect , accessed September 8, 2016.
- ↑ «Just go» - Ecclestone no longer F1 managing director. In: srf.ch . January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Racing: Ecclestone confirms dismissal as Formula 1 boss. In: Spiegel Online . January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017 .