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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): <b>December&nbsp;22,
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General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01.&#160; Regulation FD Disclosure</font></b></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On December&nbsp;22,
2009, Liberty Media Corporation (&#147;Liberty&#148;) issued a press release announcing
that Chris Albrecht will join Starz, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty,
as its President and CEO effective January&nbsp;1, 2010.&#160; Starz Entertainment, LLC, a subsidiary of
Starz, LLC, is attributed to Liberty&#146;s Starz tracking stock group; and Starz
Media LLC, a subsidiary of Starz, LLC, is attributed to Liberty&#146;s Capital
tracking stock group.</font></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Form&nbsp;8-K and
the press release attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 are being furnished to
the SEC under Item 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K in satisfaction of the public
disclosure requirements of Regulation FD.</font></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:
December&nbsp;28, 2009</font></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</font></b></p>

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<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIBERTY
MEDIA NAMES CHRIS ALBRECHT AS NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF STARZ, LLC</font></b></h2>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Englewood, Colo, Dec.&nbsp;22
- Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB)
announced today that Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO, will join
Starz, LLC as its President and CEO.&#160; He
will oversee all of the Starz entities, including Starz Entertainment, Overture
Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Film Roman and will assume his new role beginning
January&nbsp;1, 2010.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;We
are excited to have an industry leader with an exceptional track record join
the Starz team,&#148; said Greg Maffei, Liberty Media President and CEO.&#160; &#147;With his extensive experience and success in
creating compelling original content and building a premium pay channel, Chris
is a recognized visionary in the creative community and uniquely qualified to
lead Starz into the future.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Albrecht
spent more than 20 years at HBO and was Chairman and CEO from 2002 to
2007.&#160; He spent seven years as President
of HBO Original Programming which produced critically-acclaimed series
including <i>Sex and the City</i>, <i>The Sopranos</i>,
<i>Six Feet Under</i>, <i>Real Sports
with Bryant Gumbel</i>, <i>Deadwood</i>, <i>Band of Brothers</i> and <i>Entourage</i>.&#160; As President of HBO Independent Productions,
Albrecht guided development and production of comedy series including <i>Martin</i> and <i>Everybody Loves Raymond</i>.&#160; Previous to HBO, Albrecht spent five years at
International Creative Management where he signed and represented top comedians
including Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. Albrecht&#146;s
most recent position was founder of Foresee Entertainment which constructs and
executes business strategies that both anticipate and grow with the rapidly
changing media landscape.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;I am thrilled and honored to be asked to join a great company like
Starz and to help take advantage of the challenges and opportunities emerging
in media and entertainment,&#148; said Albrecht.&nbsp; &#147;I have always seen Starz as
a bold, entrepreneurial and growth-oriented brand - one that I believe will be
a great home for me.&#160; I look forward to
putting my experiences and interests to work with the talented management team
at Liberty and Starz to create valued products for consumers and our affiliate
partners.&#148;</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;We have found the
right set of skills and a record of success with Chris and are pleased to have
him lead Starz,&#148; said John Malone, Chairman of Liberty Media.&#160; &#147;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We would also like to thank
Bob Clasen, upon his retirement, for his leadership and contributions.&#160; He has been a valuable member of our management
team and we wish him well.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Clasen joined Starz Entertainment in 2003, and assumed the position of
CEO of Starz LLC after Liberty Media Corp. acquired the entertainment assets of
IDT Corp. in 2006, creating Starz Media.&#160;
Under his leadership, Starz and Encore subscriber levels grew by 20
percent and cash flow more than doubled and Starz became a leader in new
products such as on demand, HD and Internet delivery of movies.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">About Starz, LCC</font></u></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Starz, LLC, is a
controlled subsidiary that operates Starz Media and Starz Entertainment.&#160; Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie
service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels
including the flagship Starz&#174; and Encore&#174; brands with approximately 17.3
million and 30.7 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs
more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced
services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand,
MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On
Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Media, LLC, is a full-service production and
distribution company, creating proprietary intellectual properties as well as
content created under contract for other media companies.&#160; Starz Media operating units include Overture
Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Film Roman and Starz Animation.&#160; Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) and Starz
Media are operating units of Starz, LLC, which are controlled subsidiaries of Liberty
Media Corporation, and are attributed respectively to Liberty Starz group, and
Liberty Capital group.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">About Liberty
Media Corporation</font></u></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Liberty Media owns
interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and
entertainment businesses. Those interests are attributed to three tracking
stock groups: (1)&nbsp;the Liberty Interactive group (NASDAQ:&#160; LINTA, LINTB), which includes Liberty Media&#146;s
interests in QVC, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com, BUYSEASONS,
Bodybuilding.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Expedia, (2)&nbsp;the Liberty Starz
group (NASDAQ:&#160; LSTZA, LSTZB), which
includes Liberty Media&#146;s interests in Starz Entertainment and ViaSat,&nbsp;Inc.,
and (3)&nbsp;the Liberty Capital group (NASDAQ:&#160;
LCAPA, LCAPB), which includes all businesses, assets and liabilities not
attributed to the Interactive group or the Starz group including its
subsidiaries Starz Media, LLC, Atlanta National League Baseball Club,&nbsp;Inc.,
and TruePosition,&nbsp;Inc., Liberty Media&#146;s interest in SIRIUS XM Radio,&nbsp;Inc.,
and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc., Time Warner Cable and
Sprint Nextel Corporation.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Courtnee Ulrich</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">720-875-5420</font></p>

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