LittleSis: Thomas Rutledge

As chief operating officer of Cablevision Systems Corporation, Tom Rutledge is responsible for overseeing the company's cable television business; Rainbow Media, the company's national programming business, which includes the AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv networks; Optimum Lightpath, the company's fiber optic business telecommunications service; Clearview Cinemas; and certain Cablevision corporate functions. Mr. Rutledge also oversees News 12 Networks, Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation (RASCO) and Newsday, one of the nation's largest daily newspapers, serving the New York area. Previously, as president of Cable and Communications, Mr. Rutledge was responsible for managing all services delivered by Cablevision's state-of-the-art fiber optic network, including digital video, high-speed Internet and the company's voice-over-IP phone product. His appointment in January 2002 was a key step toward ensuring the delivery of Cablevision's new generation of digital telecommunications offerings to more than 5.3 million households and businesses in the company's New York metropolitan service area. Since Mr. Rutledge's arrival at Cablevision, the company has completed a $5 billion fiber optic network upgrade and become the first U.S. cable provider to offer high-definition video on demand and to deploy a VoIP phone product across its entire service area. Under Mr. Rutledge, Cablevision has also recently begun constructing the nation's first Wi-Fi mesh wireless cable broadband network. A 31-year cable, media and business industry veteran, Mr. Rutledge previously served as president of Time Warner Cable. He began his industry career in 1977 at American Television and Communications (ATC), a predecessor company of Time Warner Cable, starting as a manager trainee after graduating from college. Mr. Rutledge held a number of positions in addition to president of the company's Austin, Texas and Portland, Maine divisions. Mr. Rutledge currently serves on the board of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), CableLabs, C-SPAN and the CTAM Educational Foundation. He received his bachelor of administration in economics from California University in California, PA. in 1977. He also attended Harvard's advanced management program.

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James L Dolan	Hillary Clinton, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, National Cable and Telecommunications Association Political Action Committee (Ncta PAC), Cablevision Systems Corporation Political Action Committee, Richard Blumenthal
John J Hannan	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Mike DeWine, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
David Bonderman	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Lloyd Doggett, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
John Jonas	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Lloyd Doggett, Byron Dorgan, Michael Ferguson, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
E John Rosenwald, Jr	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Jerry Nadler, Chuck Schumer, Ernest Frederick Hollings, John Kasich, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Robert C Wright	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Ed Markey, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr, John Kasich, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Geraldine S Lebow	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Mike DeWine, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Steven Roth	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Jerry Nadler, Chuck Schumer, Mike DeWine, Robert Guy Torricelli, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Barry F Schwartz	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Leonard Blavatnik	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Chuck Schumer, John Kasich, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Jim Himes, Richard Blumenthal
David R Victor	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Mike DeWine, George W Bush, Democratic National Committee
Ronald M Meyer	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Jerry Nadler, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
David Krone	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Daniel Berger	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Lisa Blue Baron	Hillary Clinton, Lloyd Doggett, Byron Dorgan, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Jerry Nadler, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Seth Klarman	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Chuck Schumer, Mike DeWine, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
John Doerr	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee
Robert M Kargman	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Mike DeWine, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Richard Blumenthal
Michael S. Berman	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Chris Dodd, Lloyd Doggett, Byron Dorgan, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Ed Markey, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Ernest Frederick Hollings, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, National Cable and Telecommunications Association Political Action Committee (Ncta PAC)
Jerry Speyer	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Bob Menendez, Jerry Nadler, Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Conrad Burns, Robert Guy Torricelli, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee

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James L Dolan