![<p>A customer enters a Barnes & Noble in Bethel Park, Pa., on June 8, 2010. Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday said that online retail, media and communications conglomerate Liberty Media Corp. offered to buy the book seller for $17 per share in cash.</p>](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_305229956_AR_0_JGKAXEAGMGVU_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
<p>A customer enters a Barnes & Noble in Bethel Park, Pa., on June 8, 2010. Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday said that online retail, media and communications conglomerate Liberty Media Corp. offered to buy the book seller for $17 per share in cash.</p>
May 22, 2011
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