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By Landon Thomas Jr. 1/07/02 12:00am

If the Family Can Get the Right Price for Cablevision, They’ll Still Have the Knicks!

This past Sunday, Dec. 30, was yet another gruesome night at

Madison Square Garden. The New York Knicks, Cablevision’s supposed jewel, blew

another one-in epic fashion. Playing the Magic, and up by 10 with three

minutes–plus to go, Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell watched stone-faced as

the closing seconds dribbled through the floorboards. Spike Lee Read More

By Landon Thomas Jr. 6/25/01 12:00am

Chuck Amuck: Cablevision’s Ruling Dolan Family Plots Next Big Thing: Buy or Be Sold?

The auditorium was only half-filled when the trim and tidy

little man stepped up to the podium at Cablevision headquarters in Bethpage,

Long Island. It was almost 10 a.m., time for the shareholders’ meeting to

commence. “Good morning, everybody. I’m Chuck Dolan, chairman of the

Cablevision Corporation and a director-candidate for Class B shareholders,” he Read More

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