John Malone
John Malone
John C. Maloneis a billionaire American business executive, landowner and philanthropist. He served as chief executive officerof Tele-Communications Inc., a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. Malone is now chairman of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Liberty Interactive all which he is the majority owner, and also owns 49% of Starz Inc. and 29% of Discovery Communications.He was interim CEO of Liberty Media, until succeeded by former Oracle CFO Greg Maffei...
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This is a day we hoped would never come. However, we are prepared for this event. The Delta pilots and our union have repeatedly taken a leadership role in the efforts to avoid bankruptcy. Unfortunately, Delta's plan to avoid bankruptcy was not successful. Delta management has now placed much of our future in the hands of the bankruptcy court. We will use all legal means to protect our contract.
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I really think this will be a bombshell on Madison Avenue.
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Our contract has been placed in jeopardy as a result of Delta's petition for bankruptcy protection, ... The fight that has just begun will be intense and difficult.
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Our heart went out for her. We felt like we should do something.
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It was very unlikely that one buyer would want the whole Ventures assets, ... There are four or five major media companies that have expressed interest in acquiring the entirety of Liberty.
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We will be creating a currency that will be more useful and trade much more proportionally to its underlying values than the Liberty Media stock overall.
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We'll clearly have sufficient capital to make sure the equity doesn't trade cheap,
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We are making very good progress with this outbreak and we are pleased so far over the results that have occurred,
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This strategic investment complements our other broadband and media interests and further strengthens our already close relationship with the United Group.
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We look forward to building Fun's businesses by combining its leadership in online skill games with Liberty's media assets and expertise in using video to build popular brands and services.
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We believe that both IAC and Expedia have the cash flow and operating strength to support additional leverage and share repurchases and look forward to both companies taking steps in that direction.
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There is an inherent lack of belief or lack of trust ... and he had to overcome that.
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The pilots understand. It's a critical time period.
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We have no extraordinary insight or influence in AOL, nor do we seek any,