UPDATE 1-Liberty Media's Malone to pay $1.4 million fine

* Malone pays $1.4 mln fine for antitrust violation

* Malone failed to disclose 2005 Discovery share purchase

* Cable pioneer also made purchases in 2008

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp (LINTA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman John Malone has agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine to settle charges that he failed to file documents when buying shares of Discovery Communications Inc (DISCA.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

According to the complaint, cable TV pioneer Malone failed to make required disclosures to antitrust enforcers when he bought Discovery voting securities in August 2005 and then bought more shares in April 2008 during a waiting period, the department said.

"Although Mr. Malone may have inadvertently failed to file at the appropriate time for his 2005 purchases of Discovery shares, once he made a corrective filing in June 2008, he was required to observe the waiting period before acquiring any more shares," said Marian Bruno, deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, in a news release.

Under antitrust law, the FTC and Justice Department scrutinize proposed deals to ensure that they conform to antitrust law. The FTC filed its complaint in the settlement with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, which must approve the settlement.

Malone holds a controlling voting interest in Discovery Communications Inc, which also owns the Animal Planet and Science Channel cable networks.

Liberty owns QVC, the TV home shopping network. Malone has an array of stakes and investments in a range of other media and telecommunications assets including satellite TV provider DirecTV Group (DTV.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and pay-TV channel Starz Entertainment.