Sirius Names Liberty’s Maffei Chairman After Shift in Control

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Sirius XM Radio Inc., controlled by cable billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp., announced a new chairman and directors following the takeover in January.

Greg Maffei, chief executive officer of Englewood, Colorado-based Liberty Media, was named chairman, succeeding Eddy Hartenstein, who remains on the board, according to a filing yesterday. New York-based Sirius also added Discovery Communications Inc. CEO David Zaslav and Evan D. Malone to its board.