Q&A With Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei.(Interview)

Multichannel News, May, 2007 by Steinert-Threlkeld, Tom

By Tom Steinert-Threlkeld Greg Maffei talked with Multichannel News editor in chief Tom Steinert-Threlkeld about Liberty's transition from its holding-company status. An edited transcript follows: MCN: What attracted you to Liberty Media in the first place? Greg Maffei: I had some experience with John, and I knew the assets.

I like the fact that it has TMT - technology, media and telecom - assets which I had some knowledge about, and I liked the fact that some of the challenges were clearly financial where I thought I could lend a hand. MCN: In three to five years, what kind of operating company do you see Liberty Media being? GM: We'll be anchored around some interesting content assets and a distribution platform, DirecTV....

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