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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LMDIA, LMDIB) announced that shares of Series A Liberty Starz common stock and Series B Liberty Starz common stock will become eligible for trading, on a when-issued basis, on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (corrected) under the symbols "LSTAV" and "LSTBV," respectively, on November 5, 2009. Liberty Media's existing Liberty Entertainment common stock is expected to be renamed Liberty Starz common stock immediately following the previously announced redemption of 90% of the shares of Liberty Entertainment common stock for all of the shares of common stock of Liberty Entertainment, Inc. ("LEI"), a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media, and the resultant split-off (the "Split-Off") of LEI from Liberty Media. The redemption is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the receipt of stockholder approval at the November 19th special stockholder meeting and the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the proposed business combination transaction with The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (the "DTV Business Combination"), which is expected to close immediately following the Split-Off. Please call D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (800) 628-8532 for a copy of Liberty Media's definitive proxy statement, dated October 20, 2009, relating to the special meeting. The definitive proxy statement contains important information about the Split-Off and DTV Business Combination.