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New York -- Liberty Media Corp. chairman John Malone disappointed a few investment bankers Tuesday when he told an audience at a industry conference that he would prefer not to dispose of his 17% voting interest in News Corp. in a cash-rich split-off.

Most analysts have anticipated that Malone -- who boosted his voting stake in News Corp. late last year from 9% to 17% by swapping nonvoting shares with Merrill Lynch International -- would sell the voting shares back to News Corp. for cash and a small operating asset.

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Rick Haskins is closing the chapter of his life at Lifetime.

With the women’s-targeted company since 1999, Haskins will exit his post as executive vice president and general manager at Lifetime Entertainment Services at the end of July.

A marketing executive by trade, Haskins has been heading Lifetime’s programming for the past 15 months, helping to lead a rebound that has seen the network record eight straight months of ratings advances.