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 malones . Cable cowboy john malone and the rise of the modern cable business by mark robichaux summary malone is considered the grandfather of the cable industry but many also saw him as a rapacious machiavellian bully he skated close to securities laws violations and extracted a price for the progress he offered much like industrial powers andrew . 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 . The book narrates how john malone came to be a leader in the cable industry it also has mentions of the trials and successes of several other business people who were connected to cable in some way like ted turner bill gates and paul allen. 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