POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charles Y.
Tanabe, Craig Troyer, Pamela L. Coe, and Ruth M. Huff,
signing singly, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director
of Liberty Media Corporation (formerly known as Liberty
CapStarz, Inc.) (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any
other forms or reports the undersigned may be required
to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

3. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other
form or report, and timely file such form or report
with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

4.  Take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Act of 1934, and the undersigned agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each of the attorneys-in-fact
from any liability or expense based on or arising from any
action taken pursuant to this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2011.

/s/ Charles Y. Tanabe
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Signature