Malone Taps Kern as TCI Vice Chairman.

Multichannel News, June, 1998 by Estrella, Joe

ENGLEWOOD, COLO. -- Jerome H. Kern, whose dealmaking skills made him a top adviser to Tele-Communications Inc. chairman and CEO John Malone, has been named vice chairman of the MSO.

TCI's longtime outside principal counsel and a board member since 1994, Kern, 61, was named to the newly created post following the company's annual meeting here last week.

The short meeting had one highlight: Members of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a group headed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, accused the MSO of "redlining" communities when it comes to upgrading its cable systems -- a charge that TCI denied.

Kern's official duties will include overseeing and coordinating all matters that come before TCI's board of directors.

After operating out of a...

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