On the Media: The Growing Cable Monopoly -- Comcast

The Die is Cast
On the Media (NPR: WNYC)
Host: Brooke Gladstone

Comcast is now the cable monopoly in 40 of the top 50 markets. It’s the third largest phone company in the US, and the largest provider of broadband internet to homes, with nearly 15 million customers, many of whom apparently hate Comcast. Wired Magazine senior writer Daniel Roth parses the troubled reputation of a media giant.

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