Adelphia Scandal
Adelphia Cable
Bruce Dawson
Principles of Management
Mgmt.230
"Adelphia is one of the nation's leading cable companies with more than 5.3 million residential customers nationwide. In addition to cable entertainment Adelphia offers digital cable, high-speed internet access, long distance telephone service, and home security" (Adelphia). The leadership of this company currently consists of 18 officers. One officer for each of the five regions Adelphia covers. One officer in each of the following: Human Resource, Finance, Customer Care, Marketing, Programming, Media Services, Chief Accounting Officer, and Information Technology. Currently the top four officers for Adelphia Communications are as follows, Brad Sonnenberg, Executive VP of General Counsel and Secretary, Vanessa Wittman, Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer, Ron Cooper, President and Chief Operating Officer and William T. Schleyer who is the Chairman and CEO of Adelphia Cable. Prior to Schlleyer's employment for Adelphia he was engaged as a Principal in Pilot House Ventures, President and COO of Media One, President and COO of Continental Cablevision, Inc. The company was founded in 1952 in the small town of Coudersport, Pennsylvania and incorporated in 1972. By 1998 Adelphia had passed the two million-customer milestone for its cable television service while, at the same time, rapidly expanding a new line of telecommunications products and services. By 1999 Adelphia more than doubled its reach with three major acquisitions, extending their services into 30 states and serving more than 5 million customers. Presently Adelphia Cable is the fifth-largest cable television company in the United States. "Adelphia Communications Corporation has traveled a path from relative obscurity through notoriety and into the national spotlight. It is working now under the new leadership to address the issues of it's past and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to become a broadband industry leader
Bruce Dawson
Principles of Management
Mgmt.230
"Adelphia is one of the nation's leading cable companies with more than 5.3 million residential customers nationwide. In addition to cable entertainment Adelphia offers digital cable, high-speed internet access, long distance telephone service, and home security" (Adelphia). The leadership of this company currently consists of 18 officers. One officer for each of the five regions Adelphia covers. One officer in each of the following: Human Resource, Finance, Customer Care, Marketing, Programming, Media Services, Chief Accounting Officer, and Information Technology. Currently the top four officers for Adelphia Communications are as follows, Brad Sonnenberg, Executive VP of General Counsel and Secretary, Vanessa Wittman, Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer, Ron Cooper, President and Chief Operating Officer and William T. Schleyer who is the Chairman and CEO of Adelphia Cable. Prior to Schlleyer's employment for Adelphia he was engaged as a Principal in Pilot House Ventures, President and COO of Media One, President and COO of Continental Cablevision, Inc. The company was founded in 1952 in the small town of Coudersport, Pennsylvania and incorporated in 1972. By 1998 Adelphia had passed the two million-customer milestone for its cable television service while, at the same time, rapidly expanding a new line of telecommunications products and services. By 1999 Adelphia more than doubled its reach with three major acquisitions, extending their services into 30 states and serving more than 5 million customers. Presently Adelphia Cable is the fifth-largest cable television company in the United States. "Adelphia Communications Corporation has traveled a path from relative obscurity through notoriety and into the national spotlight. It is working now under the new leadership to address the issues of it's past and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to become a broadband industry leader