CableFAX: 70. Catch a Waive: Tom Might Tom Might Title: President, CEO, Cable ONE Age: 58 Education: BS, Georgia Tech; MBA, Harvard Why Him? Might led the fight for an FCC waiver allowing the MSO to deploy low-cost, one-way set-tops with...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 37. Spartan Warrior: Dave Cassaro Dave Cassaro Title: President, Comcast Net Ad Sales Age: Old enough Education: BA, Marist College; PhD, College of Hard Knocks Social Media Quotient: 7 Why Him? Cassaro cemented his spot on our list for one reason: his epic Hall of Fame acceptance video at...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 38. Pairing Up for Profits: Michael Willner and Dinni Jain Michael Willner Title: CEO, Insight Comm Age: 57 ½ Education: BS, Boston U School of Communications Social Media Quotient: 8 Dinni Jain Title: COO, Insight Comm Age: Contrary to rumors, I am old enough to vote Education: My body/brain went to...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 39. Comedic Duo: Doug Herzog and Michele Ganeless Doug Herzog Title: President, MTV Networks Ent Group Age: 49 Education: BS, Emerson College Social Media Quotient: 4 Michele Ganeless Title: President, Comedy Central Last Year: #2 Age: 44 Education: BS, Northwestern Social Media Quotient: 4 Why Them...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 40. In-Vince-able: Vince McMahon Vince McMahon Title: Chairman, WWE Age: 64 Education: East Carolina U Social Media Quotient: 5 Why Him? Behind every great (show)man is, er, no longer a woman. Wife and WWE CEO Linda left the ring this summer to pursue the Republican nod to challenge Sen...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 41. Answer Man: Bill Abbott Bill Abbott Title: President/CEO, Crown Media Holdings/Hallmark Channels Age: In the family friendly demo Education: BA, College of the Holy Cross Social Media Quotient: 3 Why Him? There’s nobody more different in style from Henry Schleiff than...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 42. The Maverick: Mark Cuban Mark Cuban Title: Pres/Co-Founder, HDNet Age: Approaching dirt Education: BA, Indiana U Social Media Quotient: 10 Why Him? The billionaire owner of HDNet and HDNet Movies was at least as controversial in ’09 as ever, even though he’s got Comcast...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 43. First Lady: Colleen Abdoulah Colleen Abdoulah Title: President/CEO, Wide Open West Age: 49 Education: MBA, U of Denver Why Her? She’s still the only female President/CEO of a major service provider (a sad commentary on the state of women at cable...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 44. Smart Start: Peter Stern Peter Stern Title: EVP/Chief Strategy Officer, Time Warner Cable Age: 50 Education: BA, Music and English, Harvard; JD, Yale Social Media Quotient: 0 Why Him? Arguably one of cable’s most brilliant thinkers, for several years Stern’s been the...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 45. Shake and Bake: Ted Harbert and Jeff Shell Ted Harbert Title: President/CEO, Comcast Entertainment Group Age: Roseanne ÷ Kim Kardashian x 3.141 Education: Boston U Social Media Quotient: 2 Jeff Shell Title: President, Comcast Programming Group Age: 44 Education: BS, UC Berkeley; MBA, Harvard...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 46. He's Cookin': John Lansing John Lansing Title: President, Scripps Networks. Age: 51 Education: BA, Bellarmine University Social Media Quotient: 6 Why Him? It was a banner year for the soft-spoken Lansing even without the acquisition of 65% of Travel Channel in...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 47. Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside BIll Bresnan Title: Chairman/CEO, Bresnan Communications Age: 76 Education: South Central College Social Media Quotient: 1 Jeffery DeMond Title: President, Bresnan Communications Age: Remembers when the Crimson Tide last won a title. Education: BS...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 1. Britt's Bits: Glenn Britt Glenn Britt Title: CEO, Time Warner Cable Age: 60 Education: AB, Economics, Dartmouth; MBA, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth Why Him? TV Everywhere is the talk of the industry and will probably be the biggest story (for good or bad) in ’10. Britt...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 2. NBurkeCU: Steve Burke Steve Burke Title: President, Comcast Cable; COO, Comcast Corp. Age: 51 Education: BA, Colgate U; MBA, Harvard Why Him? Even without the NBCU deal, Burke would be among cable’s top power brokers. But now that Comcast appears likely to snap up the...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 3. Misters Everywhere: Phil Kent and Andy Heller Phil Kent Title: Chairman/CEO, Turner Broadcasting System Age: 55 Education: BA, Econ, Lehigh Andy Heller Title: Vice Chairman of Turner Broadcasting System Age: Mustache adds 5 years Education: BA, Cornell U; JD, Fordham U Social Media Quotient: 6 Why Them...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 4. The Coxswain: Pat Esser Pat Esser Title: President, Cox Communications Age: 52 Education: BA, MA, Communications Media, U of N Iowa Why Him? Esser’s steady hand has Cox purring along nicely, rolling out new services, focusing on customer service, promoting...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 5. Same Ole Successful Ballgame: George Bodenheimer and Anne Sweeney George Bodenheimer Title: Co-chair, Disney Media Nets; Pres, ESPN, ABC Sports Age: 51 Education: BS, Denison U Social Media Quotient: 5 Anne Sweeney Title: Co-chair, Disney Media Nets; Pres, Disney, ABC TV Group Age: Same as last year, plus 1 Education: BA...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 6. Son of Anarchy: Tony Vinciquerra Tony Vinciquerra Title: Chairman/CEO, Fox Networks Group Age: Old enough to know better Education: BA, SUNY at Albany Social Media Quotient: 5 Why Him? The addition of Fox Broadcasting programming to Tony V’s responsibilities in March doesn’t add...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 7. Zaslavian Response: David Zaslav David Zaslav Title: President/CEO, Discovery Communications Age: 49 Education: BS, SUNY Binghamton; JD, Boston U Social Media Quotient: 7 Why Him? The economic apocalypse. Worst recession in 70 years. An imploding advertising market. How has Discovery fared...
12.10.2009
CableFAX: 8. Hall Monitor: Tom Rutledge Tom Rutledge Title: COO, Cablevision Age: 55 Education: BA, U of CA; Adv Mgmt Program, Harvard U Why Him? A fine year for Cablevision was capped by the Supreme Court’s deciding late in June to pass on the network DVR challenge. Personally rewarding was...
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