Liberty Media Corporation is one of the largest holdings companies, which holds interests in several globally branded online commerce, media, communications and entertainment companies such as AOL Time Warner Inc., Discovery Communications, Inc., Motorola, Inc., QVC, Inc., Sprint PCS Group, Starz Encore, Telewest Communications plc, The News Corporation Limited, and USA Interactive. The company also has interests in certain domestic and international programming networks and businesses. Some of the principal assets of the company also comprise interests in international video distribution businesses; plant and equipment manufacturers; international telephony and domestic wireless telephony; and other related broadband service businesses. The class A and Class B common stocks of the company are traded in the New York stock exchange under the symbols L and LMC.B, respectively. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in North America, Europe and Asia. In 2004, Liberty was described by Microsoft's Slate magazine 2004 as, A strange hybridpart venture capital fund, part mutual fund, part asset shuffler extraordinaire, and part long-term operator of businesses. The company is rated No. 281 in FORTUNE 500 and No. 316 in FT Global 500.
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