Comcast
Companiestelecom-cable
The largest US cable operator; despite its scale the book literature is thin, mostly policy criticism and one authorized family history.
8 books
Start here
- Cable CowboyMark Robichaux, 2002
- Comcasted: How Ralph and Brian Roberts Took Over America's TV, One Deal at a TimeJoseph N. DiStefano, 2005
- Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded AgeSusan P. Crawford, 2013
Books 8
Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, Ava Seave · 2009 · Why media scale rarely earns returns; useful on conglomerate logic.
Tim Wu · 2010 · How communications industries consolidate; frames cable's regulatory position.
Susan P. Crawford · 2013 · Built around the Comcast-NBCUniversal deal and broadband monopoly.
T3 Cable Cowboy
Mark Robichaux · 2002 · John Malone and TCI; the cable industry Comcast consolidated.
Joseph N. DiStefano · 2005 · Philadelphia Inquirer reporter on the family's acquisition machine.
Susan P. Crawford · 2018 · The broadband infrastructure argument against incumbent cable operators.
Michele Hilmes · 2007 · History of the network Comcast bought in 2011.
William Novak · 2012 · Insider account: authorized biography of the founder.