Liberty’s John Malone Eyes Content Consolidation

Wall Street Journal: John Malone, fresh from helping engineer a mammoth cable-TV merger, is examining ways to consolidate studios and smaller channels to better compete as the traditional TV bundle begins to unravel. The 74-year-old mogul said Lions Gate Entertainment, a studio where he is a director and owns roughly 3%, could play a significant role in any roll-up of companies that produce or distribute programming. He believes a union between Lions Gate and Starz, the premium cable channel in which he has a big voting stake, could be in the mix. “Lions Gate could buy Starz and potentially other free radicals in the industry.”