Dial-Up Internet In Liberty Media's Future? Minyanville Staff Sep 02, 2008 3:15 pm |
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Time Warner is considering the sale after removing dial-up from its core advertising business, according to the Wall Street Journal. Liberty Media’s CEO, John Mallone, said that picking up dial-up in exchange for its shares in Time Warner could be a profitable option, offering a tax-efficient deal for both parties.
"Clearly an exit from the Time Warner equity stake into a cash-generating asset would be attractive, but at the current time, none have been proposed that we could take action on," Malone said on a conference call.
Liberty Media currently holds a 2.3% stake in Time Warner. Its other investments include holdings in the television networks QVC and Starz, and websites BodyBuilding.com and Expedia, Inc. Liberty Media reported a rise in second-quarter revenue across all of its business units.
The question on everyone’s mind, of course, is just how profitable dial-up Internet could be in the year 2008. As the Internet becomes more video heavy, dial-up connections are become more obsolete. So would an investment in dial-up be akin to an investment in cassette players or Wang computers? Or does Liberty Media know something we don’t…
Join Hoofy and Boo as they take a closer look at Liberty Media and the dial-up industry.
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