Gregory B. Maffei

Liberty Media Names Gregory B. Maffei President and CEO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 1, 2006 - 9:35am.
Englewood, Colo. - Liberty Media, a company that owns or has holdings in media firms including Discovery Communications, Starz Encore Group, On Command and News Corp., announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Gregory B. Maffei as president and CEO. John Malone, who will remain Liberty's chairman, will step down as CEO, a role he assumed when former CEO Robert Bennett announced his retirement.