Liberty Media Gathers Internet Innovators at Fourth Annual 'NetLeaders Forum 2009'
24 October 2009 - 8:11AM
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media
Corporation ("Liberty")
(NASDAQ:LCAPANASDAQ:LCAPBNASDAQ:LINTANASDAQ:LINTBNASDAQ:LMDIANASDAQ:LMDIB)
recently held its fourth annual NetLeaders Forum 2009, a unique
networking event convening web entrepreneurs from around the
country who have built successful consumer internet businesses.
NetLeaders is an invitation-only forum that was launched by Liberty
Media in 2006 to help digital media entrepreneurs develop their
businesses, discuss industry issues, and inspire innovation.
Capitalizing on the success of previous years' forums, NetLeaders
2009 attracted nearly 200 entrepreneurs to Denver, home of Liberty
Media. Highlights of the expanded program included discussions with
Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO of Netflix, Mark Mahaney, Internet
Analyst at Citigroup, and a fireside chat with John Malone,
Chairman of Liberty Media and Greg Maffei, President and CEO of
Liberty Media. The founders and leaders of Adify, Shutterfly,
Zappos and OneRiot hosted a panel on managing their businesses
through the current recession. For the first time, the NetLeaders
forum also sponsored a dedicated networking group of women internet
business leaders. "Liberty Media began through long term
partnerships with great entrepreneurs, and we are thrilled to
extend this successful model to the current generation of internet
industry leaders," said Michael Zeisser, organizer of the
NetLeaders Forum and Senior Vice President of Liberty. Doug Lebda
Founder and CEO of tree.com added, "NetLeaders is a unique event,
one of the more collegial and spirited environments for those
pioneering business and services on the web. The folks gathered
here are as earnest and frank as they come and the shared
enthusiasm for interactive media ignites a lot of thoughtful
dialogue." About Liberty Media Corporation Liberty Media
Corporation owns interests in a broad range of electronic
retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses.
Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: (1)
the Liberty Interactive group (NASDAQ:LINTA), which includes
Liberty's interests in QVC, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com,
BUYSEASONS, Bodybuilding.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Expedia, (2)
the Liberty Entertainment group (NASDAQ:LMDIA), which includes
Liberty's interests in The DIRECTV Group, Inc., Starz
Entertainment, Game Show Network, LLC, WildBlue Communications,
Inc., and Liberty Sports Holdings LLC, and (3) the Liberty Capital
group (NASDAQ:LCAPA), which includes all businesses, assets and
liabilities not attributed to the Interactive group or the
Entertainment group including its subsidiaries Starz Media, LLC,
Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., and TruePosition,
Inc., Liberty's interest in SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., and minority
equity investments in Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint
Nextel Corporation. DATASOURCE: Liberty Media Corporation CONTACT:
Courtnee Ulrich of Liberty Media Corporation, +1-720-875-5420 Web
Site: http://www.libertymedia.com/
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