KQED Nightly Business Report May 21, 2011
captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i'm joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. wall street welcomes a new chapter in barnes and noble's search for a buyer. since august the bookstore has been looking for a buyer and it found one in liberty media. suzanne, the buyout offer sent barnes and noble shares up 30%. >> suzanne: tom, now everyone wants to know what liberty's c.e.o. john malone sees in the deal. many analysts think he's focused on the nook-- barnes and noble's e-book reader. a new version of the nook is due o...