Rutledge gets a new home: Former Time Warner cable prez will now top cablevision's big Apple division. (Top Of The Week).(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, January, 2002 by Higgins, John M.

Recently departed Time Warner Cable President Tom Rutledge popped right back up at Cablevision Systems, taking the helm of the company's cable operations. The Bethpage, N.Y.-based MSO named Rutledge president, New York metropolitan area, which puts him in charge of the company's entire cable operation.

Rutledge will be responsible for Cablevision's core cable offerings, the new Interactive Optimum digital rollout, plus high-speed Internet and planned cable telephone services. The post has been vacant for a year, since Joe Azznara moved to Cablevision's business telephone unit (and later retired). After 24 years at various iterations of Time Warner Cable, Rutledge left in October when it became clear that he wouldn't be moving up in the unit. AOL...

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