Colorado-based conglomerate buys GCI

GCI’s president and CEO in the 80s. (Photo courtesy of GCI)Alaska’s largest telecommunications company, GCI, has been acquired by a larger conglomerate.
Colorado-based Liberty Interactive Corp. reportedly bought GCI for $1.12 billion. The larger conglomerate has holdings in other telecommunications companies under the name Liberty Ventures, as well as home shopping cable channels HSN and QVC under the name QVC Group Inc.
GCI said little will change for Alaskans who use its cable, pho