John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
by Mark Robichaux
Recommended by Auren Hoffman and Ian Cassel
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Cable Cowboy reads like an inside account of a cable titan's rise and the business maneuvers that remade an entertainment industry. The narrative rewards readers who want blow-by-blow dealmaking, strategic acquisitions, and the personalities inside boardrooms; that granular tradecraft is the book's main value. It grows tedious when legal/financial minutiae pile up and opinionated shorthand nudges toward admiration or moralizing; the balance between biography and industry chronicle sometimes tips toward repetition. Useful for context and anecdote, weaker for tight analytical synthesis.
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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 twentyfive years, Malone has dominated the cable television industry, shaping the world of entertainment and communic...
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