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Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
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 cab...more
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 cab...more
Paperback, 310 pages
Published
March 23rd 2005
by John Wiley & Sons
(first published October 18th 2002)
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Fascinating story about the birth of an industry and how few determined people can create a change (an industry) against the odds and mighty opponents.
I found the description of the many struggles of John Malone and Bob Magness as they built Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) to a dominant cable company an unforgettable story. It is a story of a rancher (Magness) who sold is cattle to “climb on towers and wire homes”, and of John Malone a financial and business visionary who saved the company from...more
I found the description of the many struggles of John Malone and Bob Magness as they built Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) to a dominant cable company an unforgettable story. It is a story of a rancher (Magness) who sold is cattle to “climb on towers and wire homes”, and of John Malone a financial and business visionary who saved the company from...more
John Malone took over TCI in 1973 when it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Over the next 25 years he built it into a company worth more than $50 billion. His success wasn't "Edisonian" (brilliant innovation), nor was it "Waltonian" (he didn't execute better than his competition like Sam Walton), he simply out thought his competition. His negotiation skills for the hundreds of transactions combined with an impressive minimization (through completely lawful ways)of a large amount of taxes and, fina...more
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