John Malone’s Charter Squeezes Disney at Vulnerable Moment

Bob Iger’s path to rescuing Disney just ran into a roadblock. Disney’s cable channels, including ESPN, went dark on Thursday on the No. 2 cable operator, Charter Communications, amid a fight about how much Charter should pay to carry the channels. Make no mistake: This is not one of those boring cable TV industry battles that have been going on intermittently for years. This is shaping up to be a defining moment in the yearslong decline of cable TV. Charter …

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