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Phylis Eagle-Oldson: She Walked Into Cable in 1971. Now Her Students Are on the News Every Night.
Connect with Phylis Eagle-Oldson:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phylis-eagle-oldson-5868914/
Emma L. Bowen Foundation: https://www.emmabowenfoundation.org/
Phylis Eagle-Oldson walked into the cable industry in 1971 at age 22. She did not know what cable was. She answered a Sunday ad in the Washington Post, met Marty Malarkey, the first president of the National Cable Television Association, and was hired on the spot. That moment opened a 35-year career across the entire arc of modern American media.
She spent nineteen years at NCTA, then became President and CEO of the Emma L. Bowen…
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