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Starz, the cable TV network owned by Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA), has quietly reorg-ed its management operations, reports THR. Starz Entertainment, which oversees the brand’s linear and VOD channels, and Starz Media, the umbrella group for such third-party programming providers as Anchor Bay Entertainment and Film Roman, will be consolidated under Bill Myers, president and [...]

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Negotiations were in the works since last year
John Malone’s Liberty Media and Conde Nast parent Advance/Newhouse are cleaning up the ownership structure of the Discovery cable empire in an effort to satisfy Wall Street’s demand for transparency and make it easier for the newly created public entity to do deals.
Liberty-controlled Discovery Holding Co. and Advance/Newhouse [...]

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