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Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business |  | Author: Mark Robichaux
Publisher: Wiley
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 310
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Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 047170637X
Dewey Decimal Number: 384.555092
EAN: 9780471706373
ASIN: 047170637X
Publication Date: March 23, 2005
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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 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.
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 free MBA in this book March 26, 2009
Taco B. Devries (Hallandale, FL United States)
This book is worth an MBA education. Mr Malone never had it easy but by sheer will and superior brainpower he succeeded. He never took no for an answer & always tried new ways to get something done. A true innovator and industry leader, Mr Malone is truly a business superstar.
 Cowboy Malone September 17, 2007
Gerardo Quiroga
I liked the way it was written. It gives you a broad idea of how the cable industry developed over the years. Goes in to details of specific deals that gives you a better feeling of how the industry dealt with growth, changes in technology, competition, content suppliers, etc.
An insider's view August 2, 2005
xavier
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great inside look at one of the most powerful players in media. Cable Cowboy tells the great story of how Malone built his emprier and -- for better or worse -- how he used that power. A great read.
 Slick; Totally One-Sided, No Real Analysis June 23, 2005
A reader from DC (Washington DC area)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
What this book is really about is how during the last 1/4 of the 20th Century, our governments allowed a few rough and tough businessmen to carve out the new American technologies, with little or no regards to any public interest. First of all, the entire satelitte technology came out of Naval communications and had been paid for already by Federal taxpayers. Then the cable cowboys were able to string their lines along the regulated telephone lines and telephone poles, which had already been paid for also by everyone in their phone bills. There is nothing in the book about this reality, and only a little on what happened to those who tried to question these things and were slammed along the way. Yet, Mr. Malone seems to despise Al Gore and the Federal Government and wonders why anyone has the right to question his motives or actions.
Why is there no real competition? Even with satelitte tv, cable still represents at least 3 separage monopolies. Try to guess why the politicians gave away the monopolies and anyone who questioned this became the target of personal and viscous attacks, if not more. Where were the regulators? There is no other comparable monopoly in America, with the average citizen's 4th or 5th largest expenditure each month going to cable tv and/or cable hi-speed internet.
Who makes the decisions as to what channels are broadcast? Only in America would we turn over these kinds of decision to nameless businessmen, hiding behind huge corporations and limited partnerships. In my own community, on the "local government channel", the elected and appointed politicians from one political party appear almost daily. Those persons from the other major party do not appear at all. The perfect alliance: local government, a faceless corporation or limited partnership and monopoly rates.
This is the real scenario of a big part of cable tv and there is really nothing on the book on these kinds of things. One should read the Stephen Keating book, "Cutthroat: High Stakes and Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier" to get better insight as to the reality of cable-tv development.
The Godfather April 13, 2005
The Godfather (NY, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An engaging and accessible account of one of America's great business leaders and a complicated industry. Whether your interest is the cable industry, general business, leadership or free enterprise, this is the book for you!
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