Ï㽶´«Ã½ Media Announces Judging Panel for 'Media for Ï㽶´«Ã½ Award'

Panel to Review Entries; Grant $50,000 Prize to Winning Entry

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ï㽶´«Ã½ ("Ï㽶´«Ã½") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LMDIA, LMDIB) has selected the judging panel for the newly established "Media for Ï㽶´«Ã½ Award." This award acknowledges and encourages print and electronic media contributions that explore the link between economic and political liberty. The call for entries is now open. Eligible works must be originally published or transmitted via print or electronic media during the 2009 calendar year, and received by Ï㽶´«Ã½ Media no later than January 7, 2010. There is a $50,000 prize for the winning entry.

Distinguished judges for the award, which will be issued on an annual basis, are leaders in the world of media and include:

    --  Allan Dodds Frank - President, Overseas Press Club of America
    --  Christy Carpenter - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
        Officer, Paley Center for Media
    --  John Malone - Chairman, Ï㽶´«Ã½
    --  Stacey Woelfel - Chairman, Radio-Television News Directors Association

    --  Sylvia Nasar - John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Business
        Journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University

The panel will review and evaluate entries based on the degree to which the theme is addressed, inspirational and educational value, and mastery of media format.

"We are excited to welcome such high caliber professionals onto the judging panel for the inaugural year of the Media for Ï㽶´«Ã½ Award," said John Malone, Chairman of Ï㽶´«Ã½ Media. "We are pleased to have this level of commitment and support from such a distinguished group."

Eligibility Requirements

Media for Ï㽶´«Ã½ is open to entrants worldwide whose creative and original works explore the correlation between economic and political liberty.

Eligible media outlets, including newspapers, magazines, journals, radio, television and websites, must be generally recognized in their markets and accessible to a broad audience in the United States.

    --  Length:  Print entries may not exceed 20,000 words.  Electronic entries
        may not exceed 120 minutes.
    --  Language:  All entries must be in English, or submitted with an English
        translation or with English subtitles.
    --  Examples:  Eligible entries may include news reporting, feature
        coverage, investigative reporting, articles, essays, editorials,
        commentaries, documentaries and educational works.

    --  Programs produced and intended for general theatrical motion picture
        release are not eligible.

The winner will be notified in February, 2010. An awards ceremony will be held in Washington, D.C. in March, 2010.

Entry forms, rules and judging criteria can be found at Ï㽶´«Ã½ Media's web site, . Entries should be sent to:


        Media for Ï㽶´«Ã½ Award
        12300 Ï㽶´«Ã½ Boulevard
        Englewood, CO 80112
        720-875-5400

About Ï㽶´«Ã½

Ï㽶´«Ã½ owns interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: (1) the Ï㽶´«Ã½ Interactive group (Nasdaq: LINTA), which includes Ï㽶´«Ã½'s interests in QVC, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com, BUYSEASONS, Bodybuilding.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Expedia, (2) the Ï㽶´«Ã½ Entertainment group (Nasdaq: LMDIA), which includes Ï㽶´«Ã½'s interests in The DIRECTV Group, Inc., Starz Entertainment, Game Show Network, LLC, WildBlue Communications, Inc., and Ï㽶´«Ã½ Sports Holdings LLC, and (3) the Ï㽶´«Ã½ Capital group (Nasdaq: LCAPA), which includes all businesses, assets and liabilities not attributed to the Interactive group or the Entertainment group including its subsidiaries Starz Media, LLC, Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., and TruePosition, Inc., Ï㽶´«Ã½'s interest in SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., and minority equity investments in Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint Nextel Corporation.

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Released October 5, 2009