Cable Cowboy

John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business

Mark Robichaux (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2005
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-70637-3 (ISBN)

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John Malone is one of the great unsung heroes. For more than 25 years, he has dominated the of cable and media industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communications, first with TCI and then with Liberty Media. This title tells the story of this influential businessman.

An inside look at a cable titan and his industry
John Malone, hailed as one of the great unsung heroes of our age by some and reviled by others as a ruthless robber baron, is revealed as a bit of both in Cable Cowboy. For more than twenty-five years, Malone has dominated the cable television industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communications, first with his cable company TCI and later with Liberty Media. Written with Malone's unprecedented cooperation, the engaging narrative brings this controversial capitalist and businessman to life. Cable Cowboy is at once a penetrating portrait of Malone's complex persona, and a captivating history of the cable TV industry. Told in a lively style with exclusive details, the book shows how an unassuming copper strand started as a backwoods antenna service and became the digital nervous system of the U.S., an evolution that gave U.S. consumers the fastest route to the Internet. Cable Cowboy reveals the forces that propelled this pioneer to such great heights, and captures the immovable conviction and quicksilver mind that have defined John Malone throughout his career.

MARK ROBICHAUX is the executive editor of Broadcasting & Cable magazine. From 1989 to 2001, he wrote feature stories as a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal, covering, among other things, the cable TV industry, small business and alligator farmers. While on book leave in 1999, he was awarded a fellowship at the Media Studies Center in New York.

Introduction V

1 License to Steal 1

2 Running the Show 18

3 Cash Flow 33

4 Thrilla in Manila 49

5 Overgrown Monster 75

6 Cable Cosa Nostra 102

7 Five Hundred Channels 122

8 Nice Try, My Friend 137

9 Chasing Too Many Rabbits? 156

10 Dr. Kevorkian 177

11 Death of a Cowboy 193

12 Trojan Horse? 208

13 What Pop Would Have Wanted 225

14 Give Me Liberty 242

15 Déjà Vu 269

Epilogue 281

Acknowledgments 289

Notes 291

Index 303

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.4.2005
Zusatzinfo	Photos: 18 B&W, 0 Color
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 229 mm
Gewicht	395 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10	0-471-70637-X / 047170637X
ISBN-13	978-0-471-70637-3 / 9780471706373
Zustand	Neuware