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Exhibit 32

Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)

        Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:

        The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2011 (the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:   May 6, 2011

  /s/ GREGORY B. MAFFEI

Gregory B. Maffei
Chief Executive Officer and President

Dated:

 

May 6, 2011


 

/s/ DAVID J.A. FLOWERS  
David J.A. Flowers
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)

Dated:

 

May 6, 2011


 

/s/ CHRISTOPHER W. SHEAN  
Christopher W. Shean
Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

        The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.




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