Yes, I was meaning to publish Dear John's latest goings on myself. That FT article is a premium one, but the story is mentioned in this Telegraph article: (and other articles too)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...est-manoeuvre/
Malone was interviewed by CNBC last month and he basically said his cable assets are up for sale if a suitable buyer comes along and he was approached by four companies but refused to name one of them. I think we know who that is!
Here's a snippet of that interview:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/16/john...r-charter.html
Here's a long interview he did last year which I found very interesting:
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2016/11/1...interview.html
In other news, Malone has also bought a higher share in Discovery today, a company he controls, albeit indirectly already:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/17/libe...ery-stock.html
He's starting to look quite frail now which is not surprising as he is in his 80s and he clearly wants to finish his consolidation of his empire, then sell the lot to the highest bidder.
He's also buying full control of HSN, Home Shopping Network, perhaps he'll merge it with QVC.