Praise for Cable Cowboy
"Cable Cowboy is a first-rate work by a first-rate
reporter-excellent, original research on a topic that
deserves it." -Bryan Burrough author of Barbarians at the
Gate, and Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard MIR
"With skill and precision, author Mark Robichaux paints
a portrait of a man who is both fox and lamb, cunningly
ruthless and surprisingly genuine. . . . We get to watch a
man who plays chess against opponents who merely play
checkers. And we get a really good read." -Ken Auletta
author of World War 3.0: Microsoft Vs. the U.S. Government,
and the Battle to Rule the Digital Age and Three Blind
Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way
"John Malone's remarkable climb [is] a tale worthy of a
great cinematic Western. For the first time, we get a sharp
picture of the man behind the mogul, an unflinching
portrait of one of the business world's sharpest
dealmakers. I dare you to put it down." -Tom King author of
The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New
Hollywood
"Robichaux has provided a smart assessment of the cable
industry through the wild narrative of John Malone. . . .
and turned it into a tale that manages to be both colorful
and informative." -Walter Isaacson Chairman, CNN, and
author of Kissinger: A Biography
"A terrific saga of American enterprise-how lonely wires
on windswept hillsides were stretched and spun into the
Information Superhighway-as seen through the remarkable
career of cable television's greatest entrepreneur." -David
Von Drehle author of Among the Lowest of the Dead: Inside
Death Row
Contents
- License to Steal
- Running the Show
- Cash Flow
- Thrilla in Manila
- Overgrown Monster
- Cable Cosa Nostra
- Five Hundred Channels
- Nice Try, My Friend
- Chasing Too Many Rabbits?
- Dr. Kevorkian
- Death of a Cowboy
- Trojan Horse?
- What Pop Would Have Wanted
- Give Me Liberty
- Déjà Vu