Cable Cowboy
John Malone and the rise of
the modern Cable-TV business
20th ANNIVERSARY edition
Readers get a chance to rediscover the riveting tale of John Malone’s ascent in the cable-TV industry in this anniversary edition of Cable Cowboy, first published more than 20 years ago. With an updated cover illustration, this original text remains a classic business story unchanged by time.
Cable Cowboy
John Malone and the rise of the modern Cable-TV business
Cable Cowboy, first published in 2002, tells the story of John Malone’s early and unpredictable rise to become the leader of the cable-TV industry. Born in a small town in Connecticut, he climbed his way through Yale, the legendary Bell Labs, McKinsey & Co., then befriended a deep-in-debt cowboy who would become his best friend and business partner. Told in a lively style with exclusive details, the story shows how an unassuming strand of copper coaxial cable wire started as a backwoods antenna service and became the digital nervous system of the U.S., an evolution that gave U.S. consumers television, telephone and the fastest route to the Internet.
About the Author
Mark Robichaux is an author and journalist. As a reporter for the Wall Street Journal for more than a decade through the 1990s, he covered the cable-TV business, start-ups and a variety of topics for Page One, including acquisitions, alligator farming, cable-TV pirates, and invasive species. He was the editor of Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable magazines, and covered local city government for the Miami Herald. He attended the University of Missouri - Columbia journalism school.
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