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...The following month, Mel Karmazin left his post as chief executive of Sirius, after signalling his reluctance to work for a controlling shareholder....
...Mel Karmazin is leaving his post as chief executive of Sirius XM Radio in February as John Malone’s Liberty Media closes in on its battle for control of the satellite radio broadcaster....
...But the Liberty Global founder has also emerged profitably from partnerships with Barry Diller’s IAC and Mel Karmazin’s Sirius XM in a series of opportunistic deals....
...Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius, said on Tuesday that “Liberty has to decide what they want to do and maybe they have done that already. They have not exactly communicated that to us.”...
...“Liberty’s 40 per cent is significant influence, but not control; as we said in our filings, 40 is not the new 50,” said Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius, during a call with analysts in May....
...“We are thrilled that he will continue to provoke, engage and entertain,” said Mel Karmazin, Sirius XM chief executive. “Howard forever changed radio.”...
...Chief executive Mel Karmazin, faced with unappealing credit terms last September, chose to play a waiting game. He must now battle those unaccommodating markets for the rest of the year....
...Sirius XM, led by Mel Karmazin is scrambling to raise $175m by a Feb 17 payment date to fend off a possible takeover threat and avoid default, it added....
...Liberty Media, run by cable pioneer John Malone, is offering a senior secured loan that will allow Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius XM, to repay $175m in bonds held by EchoStar that are due Tuesday...
...Last week, spurred by a rival’s advances and a dinner between Greg Maffei, Liberty Media chief executive, and Mel Karmazin, Sirius XM CEO, Mr Malone’s plans came into sharper focus....
...Liberty Media, run by cable pioneer John Malone, is offering a senior secured loan that will allow Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius XM, to repay $175m in bonds held by EchoStar that are due by tomorrow...
...Liberty Media’s approach is seen as a more friendly option for Sirius than an offer by Mr Ergen, who has tussled before with Mel Karmazin, Sirius’s chief executive....
...Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius and former head of the CBS network, is juggling rival proposals from Mr Ergen, with whom he fought a bitter public war in 2004, and Mr Malone, a longtime competitor...
...The opportunist tactic led him most prominently to February’s rescue of Sirius XM, Mel Karmazin’s satellite radio group....
...DealJournal says Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin, who finally let his frustration fly this month, has found his initial optimism well-rewarded....
...Buyers face a dilemma in some hard-hit corners of the sector, Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius XM Radio told an event sponsored by Condé Nast Portfolio magazine this month....
...“Unfortunately, we have not received our approval from the DoJ [Department of Justice] or the FCC [Federal Communications Commission],” Mel Karmazin, chief executive, told investors....
...He dispatched Frank Biondi, Viacom’s chief executive, in the 1990s; Mel Karmazin, who left three years ago to lead Sirius Satellite Radio; and, last September, Tom Freston, one of the founders of MTV....
...Over the years, Mr Redstone has soured on Frank Biondi, a well-regarded media veteran, Mel Karmazin, the former CBS chief executive, and more recently, Tom Freston, one of MTV’s founders....
...Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius Satellite Radio, on Tuesday sought to allay mounting concerns about the fate of a proposed $13bn merger with rival XM Satellite Radio, telling investors he expected...
...Mel Karmazin, the Sirius chief executive, pledged to investors that the companies had studied the regulatory issue, and predicted that the deal would close before the end of the eyar....
...Mel Karmazin Mel Karmazin stepped into the role of chief executive at Sirius in November 2004, five months after leaving Viacom, where he had served as president and chief operating 0fficer since May 2000...
...Mel Karmazin, Sirius chief executive, said in a call with analysts that he would “outline very much why this [merger] is in the public interest” and “the overwhelming benefit for consumers” when he met with...
...Mel Karmazin, Sirius’s chief executive, has argued that such spending has led to unprecedented subscriber growth for a new media industry....
...“Technology has been changing so rapidly and there are so many more choices, it has become imperative for our two companies to get together,” said Mel Karmazin, chief executive of Sirius, who would also...
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