UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 17, 2008

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

12300 Liberty Blvd.

Englewood, Colorado 80112

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5400

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 8.01.  Other Events

 

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are documents that contain information from Liberty Media Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).  Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Liberty Media Corporation.  The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.

 

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of these sections, shall not be part of any registration statement to which they may relate, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

The following financial statements, including tracking stock group data, from Liberty Media Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008, formatted in XBRL:  (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 and (v) the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, are furnished as exhibits to this report and are collectively referred to as Exhibit 100.

 

100.INS		XBRL Instance Document
100.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
100.SCH-1		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
100.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
100.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
100.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 17, 2008

 

	LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Mark E. Burton
		Name:	Mark E. Burton
		Title:	Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Document
100.INS		XBRL Instance Document
100.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
100.SCH-1		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
100.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
100.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
100.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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