John Malone speaks

Thanks Mike, .... very interesting

do people listen ?

Thanks for the link.
There is a complete transcript of the conversation with Malone on the CNBC site too.If you go to the following link and click on the "Exclusive Interview with John Malone" link on that page,it will open a pdf file containing the transcript.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/25475513/

dcowboy7 said:

do people listen ?

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What do you mean?

tcusta00 said:

What do you mean?

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I'm guessing it's a joke about EF Hutton ...

Drew2k said:

I'm guessing it's a joke about EF Hutton ...

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Ah, I get it now.

Just kidding, not really. :lol:

I sure hope Malone doesn't run Direct TV the way he runs Ascent Media and the Digital Media Centre.

Did you catch the response to the question about merging with E*? Malone said he'd love it! What would a merger like that do for us?

mobandit said:

Did you catch the response to the question about merging with E*? Malone said he'd love it! What would a merger like that do for us?

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He said he'd love it but he also said that it's not realistic. Too much government regulation to stop it.

He attributes DirecTV growth to HD content and sport packages.

I think this is what they do best. Why I subscribe.

mobandit said:

Did you catch the response to the question about merging with E*? Malone said he'd love it! What would a merger like that do for us?

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Eliminate D*s only real competition. I'm sure that'd make them more motivated to give us improvements to their products.

tcusta00 said:

Ah, I get it now.

Just kidding, not really. :lol:

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Ah, you youg whippersnappers have no interest in the past, do you!

E.F. Hutton was a famous NY brokerage house with a memorable slogan ...

Check out an old commercial:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.F._Hutton

Drew2k said:

Ah, you youg whippersnappers have no interest in the past, do you!

E.F. Hutton was a famous NY brokerage house with a memorable slogan ...

Check out an old commercial:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.F._Hutton

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Ah, I get it now.

but it's still not very funny. :lol:

I know Hutton well... they did a good job of giving the brokerage industry a bad name in the 80s. :nono2: