John Malone Talks TV Biz, Presidential Politics And His TCI Regret In Candid Q&A

John Malone Talks TV Biz, Presidential Politics And His TCI Regret In Candid Q&A by Cynthia Littleton, Variety

It was the bar mitzvah that John Malone never thought he’d have.

The renowned cable mogul was feted Wednesday night by the UJA-Federation of New York, which bestowed on Malone its Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award as part of its annual Leadership Awards dinner.

The event raised a record $2.5 million for the Jewish community service and philanthropy org as it brought out a who’s who of the cable and New York business community. Notables who came out to Cipriani 25 Broadway included Comcast’s Brian Roberts, IAC’s Barry Diller, DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg, NBCUniversal’s Bonnie Hammer (last year’s recipient of the...