DealBook: Liberty Media Will Sell Most of Its Investment in Barnes & Noble

The sale removes one of Barnes & Noble’s major backers as the company tries to navigate the changing landscape for books and media.

    



The Media Equation: Stealthily, Comcast Fortifies Its Arsenal

With the Time Warner Cable deal, Comcast would not only lock up 30 percent of the cable market, but pricing leverage in all directions — with customers, networks and over-the-web providers like Netflix.

    



DealBook: Liberty Media Seeks Full Ownership of Sirius XM

Liberty proposed on Friday to acquire the 48 percent of Sirius it does not already own in an all-stock deal valued at more than $10 billion.

    



DealBook: Former King of Cable Aims to Regain Crown

John C. Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, is working behind the scenes to gain control of Time Warner Cable, seeking a second act in an industry he once dominated.

    



DealBook: Talk of Mergers Stirs Cable TV’s Big Players

John C. Malone is weighing a deal for Time Warner Cable, using Charter Communications as the merger partner, people briefed on the matter said.

    

Media Decoder Blog: Live Nation Names Gregory B. Maffei Chairman

Mr. Maffei replaces Irving Azoff, the longtime music executive who helped see Live Nation through its merger with Ticketmaster in 2010, and who left at the end of last year.