Malone Moves: Cable, Tickets & Sat Radio Liberty Media’s Dr. John Malone has been everywhere this week. First came the EU Commission’s official approval of Liberty Global’s take-over of Germany’s 4.6M subscriber Unitymedia. (Whew! Only 7 years trying to get into the beer-and-brat cable market.) Next the good Dr. cropped up looking for a 35% stake in the company that will be Ticketmaster and Live Nation merged. That, the New York Post speculates, could end up putting a lid on Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. Meanwhile, Liberty Satellite Radio is closing in on its purchase of the bankrupt Worldspace. Now all we need is a Liberty marker on that iPad.•
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