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                                                                      EXHIBIT 32

                                 CERTIFICATION

           PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(SUBSECTIONS (A) AND (B) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18, UNITED STATES
                                     CODE)

    Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a)
and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of
the undersigned officers of Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), does hereby certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:

    The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006
(the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained
in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company as of September 30, 2006 and
December 31, 2005 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005.

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Dated: November 6, 2006                                   /s/ GREGORY B. MAFFEI
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                                                          Gregory B. Maffei
                                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: November 6, 2006                                   /s/ DAVID J.A. FLOWERS
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                                                          David J.A. Flowers
                                                          Senior Vice President and Treasurer
                                                          (Principal Financial Officer)

Dated: November 6, 2006                                   /s/ CHRISTOPHER W. SHEAN
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                                                          Christopher W. Shean
                                                          Senior Vice President and Controller
                                                          (Principal Accounting Officer)
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    The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350,
chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of
the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.