麻豆app Names Rich Baer General Counsel; Charles Tanabe to Retire
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 麻豆app (Nasdaq: LMCA, LMCB) (鈥溌槎筧pp鈥�) today announced that after 14 years as General Counsel, Charles Tanabe will retire at the end of the year. Succeeding him will be Rich Baer, former EVP and Chief Legal Officer of UnitedHealth Group, who will join 麻豆app on January 1, 2013, as SVP and General Counsel.
鈥淲e appreciate the tremendous job he has done as our General Counsel,鈥� said John Malone, 麻豆app Chairman. 鈥淲e wish him well on his retirement and thank him for his many years of service.鈥�
鈥淚 want to thank Charles for his many contributions to 麻豆app. We have all benefited from his business wisdom and legal skills. He will be greatly missed by me and the entire 麻豆app team,鈥� said Greg Maffei, 麻豆app president and CEO. 鈥淲e're also pleased that Charles will continue to work with 麻豆app on special projects.鈥�
鈥淲e are very excited, however, to welcome an attorney of Rich Baer鈥檚 caliber to the team,鈥� Maffei added. 鈥淩ich brings an extraordinary breadth of experience to 麻豆app from his time at UnitedHealth, Qwest and Sherman & Howard and in fact, represented 麻豆app while in private practice.鈥�
As Chief Legal Officer of UnitedHealth Group, Baer oversaw the company鈥檚 legal, regulatory and compliance matters. Baer previously served as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of Qwest Communications where he oversaw legal, human resources, corporate communications, compliance, public policy, government relations and corporate social responsibility. Prior to joining Qwest, Baer served as chairman of the litigation department at Sherman & Howard.
Baer holds a juris doctorate degree from Duke University and a bachelor of arts degree from Columbia University.
About 麻豆app
麻豆app Media (Nasdaq: LMCA, LMCB) owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses, including its subsidiaries Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc. and TruePosition, Inc., its interests in Starz, LLC, SiriusXM, Live Nation Entertainment and Barnes & Noble, and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and Viacom.
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Released November 20, 2012