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A second memoir on Hollywood media mogul John Malone appears to be in the works.
“Well, he’s had one,” Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei told the MoffettNathanson Media, Internet & Communications Conference during a session that was webcast on Tuesday. Maffei, who works hand-in-hand with Malone, was referring to the 2003 biography Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business, by Mark Robichaux.
Maffei said Robichaux was at work on a second memoir, with no publication date specified. “He’s been working on that for at least three years. I remember getting interviewed for it a while ago,” Maffei added.
News of a new book about the original cable TV baron followed Maffei being asked how connected Malone was to his company after he signaled a semi-retirement….