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"As a member of the cable television trade press for the past seven years, I have had the opportunity to interview and observe a number of executives who operate cable systems and supply services to cable companies. I first became acquainted with Robert Livingstone in 1982 when gathering information on the industry's program guides for a feature article. "As editor and publisher of Maclean Hunter's Program Guide, Bob impressed me as an articulate, talented individual with a keen knowledge of what our industry needed. His universal expertise was most evident in the product he produced. Program Guide was a very comprehensive, attractive and easy to read publication. "As an editor, I know how difficult it is to attract and keep top-quality writers and editors; Bob Livingstone had the management ability to do just that. He also maintained consistent quality in their work. Having worked with publishers, I know how challenging it can be to achieve wide distribution for a publication. With his sales skills and a fine product, Bob was able to attract as customers cable companies known to be the most discriminating in our business." —Jill Marks, Editor, Cable Television Business Magazine. "As an associate editor/reporter for the cable television trade publication, CableVision magazine, I interviewed Mr. Livingstone extensively on several occasions, tapping his knowledge of the cable television program guide publishing business for articles I was writing… "Cable guide publishing is a specialized business; Mr. Livingstone, in my experiences as a reporter, proved to be one of the few experts. Through his experiences with Program Guide, I found that he obtained a unique handle on the business and an in-depth understanding of its problems and the various factors that can contribute to the industry’s success." —Cecilia M. Capuzzi, Associate Editor, CableVision Magazine, International Thomson Communications, Inc. Additional excerpt from Steve Crosby’s affidavit, on the subject of media coverage: Mr. Livingstone has frequently been the subject or author of pieces, or has been quoted, in the general and trade press. The success of Program Guide, in contrast to the failure of Time, Inc.’s TV Cable Week, was featured in the Business Day section of the New York Times, as well as in The (Toronto) Globe and Mail and The Wall Street Journal. As editor and publisher of Program Guide, Mr. Livingstone was extensively quoted... Other publications in which Mr. Livingstone has been quoted include: Magazine Age, Advertising Age, Media Industry Newsletter, Cable Age and Multichannel News. |
