As mentioned in the Economist piece, John Malone is a competitor of Murdoch's who acquired a 17% stake in Murdoch's company back in 2004. I googled him and foun

As mentioned in the Economist piece, John Malone is a competitor of Murdoch's who acquired a 17% stake in Murdoch's company back in 2004. I googled him and found this interesting article about John Malone: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-malone-the-man-who-shook-up-murdoch-533050.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-malon... This piece goes a little more into the psychology of Malone and Murdoch.