Cable Cowboy, Mark Robichaux
Cable Cowboy, Mark Robichaux
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Cable Cowboy
John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business

Author: Mark Robichaux

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 12 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/22/2019


Synopsis

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 US, an evolution that gave US 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.

About Mark Robichaux

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.


Reviews

Surprisingly interesting book. I didn’t have a strong grasp on the history of the big cable companies. They always just kind of seemed to be these huge entities with awful customer service. Turns out, there’s a long backstory there. And it’s interesting. Cable Cowboys does a good job explaining it a......more

Goodreads review by Todd

My main complaint about the popular finance book "The Outsiders: Eight unconventional CEOs" by Thorndike was that there wasn't enough detail about each individual person ... Well this book certainly checks the John Malone box! Cable Cowboy was a comprehensive and thorough review of his amazing caree......more