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HBO And Cablevision Founder Charles Dolan Remembered As “Visionary” And “Fearless Entrepreneur”
Salutes and remembrances are continuing for Charles Dolan, a media pioneer who founded HBO and Cablevision, in the wake of news of his death.
During his extraordinary decades-long run in media, he helped create the pay-TV era by conceiving of the idea for HBO, building a major cable provider and launching the first regional sports and news networks. David Zaslav, CEO of WBD, called Dolan “a visionary creative, an extraordinary business leader and a great friend whose creation of HBO forever changed the quality and prestige of storytelling on television. Ben Tatta, a media executive who spent 10 years at Cablevision, wrote in a LinkedIn post that Dolan’s legacy “is not only etched in the evolution of television but also in the hearts and minds of those who knew him.
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