Former ESPN chief George Bodenheimer and and Microsoft exective Anthony Bates are joining the board
of directors of Sirius XM, the satellite radio provider controlled by John
Malone's Liberty Media, according to Reuters.
The executives are the latest high-profile additions to
Sirius XM's board, which added Discovery Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav
in May. Greg Maffei, Liberty Media's CEO, became chairman of the board in
April.
Bodenheimer, 55, is executive chairman of Walt Disney's ESPN
and was president of the sports network for about 15 years before he stepped
down in January 2012.
Bates, 46, came to Microsoft two years ago as CEO of
the acquired online chat company Skype. He is considered to be a potential
internal candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft.
Liberty Media took control of Sirius XM earlier this year. Liberty acquired a
roughly 40 percent stake in 2009 as part of a deal in which it loaned Sirius XM
$530 million to help the company avoid bankruptcy.
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