Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is a cable service company, formerly controlled by Time Warner, Inc., but is now an independent company. It currently operates in 27 states, and offers a variety of services from basic cable service to digital phone service. The company had revenues in 2011 totaling $19.7 billion.

Ties to Pete Peterson's "Fix the Debt"
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." is part of the Campaign to Fix the Debt as of February 2013.

This article is part of the Center for Media and Democracy's investigation of Pete Peterson's Campaign to "Fix the Debt." Please visit our main SourceWatch page on Fix the Debt.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Time Warner Cable (TWC) is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Edward Kozelek, Vice President of Government Affairs at TWC, is the ALEC state chair of Ohio. TWC was also a "Director" level sponsor of the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, which in 2010 equated to $10,000, and a sponsor of the ALEC Kids Congress at the same meeting.

Local News
Time Warner Cable also operates a number of "local" news channels that run on its cable systems.

Capital News 9-Albany,Albany, NY MetroSports, Kansas City, MO News 8 Austin, Austin, TX News 10 Now-Syracuse, Syracuse, NY News 14, Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC News 14, Carolina-Raleigh, Raleigh, NC NY1 News, New York, NY R News, Rochester, NY

Board of Directors
As of February 2013:
 * Glenn A. Britt - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner Cable Inc.
 * Carole Black - former President & Chief Executive Officer, Lifetime Entertainment Services
 * Thomas H. Castro - President & Chief Executive Officer, El Dorado Capital, LLC
 * David C. Chang - Chancellor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
 * James E. Copeland, Jr. - former Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
 * Peter R. Haje
 * Donna A. James - Business Advisor & Managing Director, Lardon & Associates LLC
 * Don Logan - former Chairman of the Board, Time Warner Cable Inc.
 * N.J. Nicholas, Jr. - Lead Director, Time Warner Cable Inc.
 * Wayne H. Pace - former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Time Warner Inc.
 * Edward D. Shirley - President and Chief Executive Officer, Bacardi Limited
 * John E. Sununu - former U.S. Senator

Executive Management
As of February 2013:
 * Glenn A. Britt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 * Robert D. Marcus, President and Chief Operating Officer
 * Irene M. Esteves, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 * Ellen M. East, Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer
 * Michael L. LaJoie, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
 * Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 * Gail G. MacKinnon, Executive Vice President and Chief Government Relations Officer
 * Peter C. Stern, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy, People and Corporate Development Officer
 * Melinda Witmer, Executive Vice President and Chief Video and Content Officer

Contact Information
Corporate Offices in New York: 60 Columbus Cir #17 New York, NY 10023 (212) 364-8200

Website: http://www.timewarnercable.com

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Nick Nicholas

Featured SourceWatch Articles on Fix the Debt

 * Fix the Debt Portal Page
 * Fix the Debt's Leadership
 * Fix the Debt's Partner Groups
 * Fix the Debt's State Chapters
 * Fix the Debt's Lobbyists
 * Fix the Debt's Parent Group
 * Fix the Debt's Corporations
 * Pete Peterson
 * Peter G. Peterson Foundation
 * America Speaks
 * Simpson-Bowles Commission
 * Erskine Bowles
 * Alan Simpson
 * Social Security
 * Medicare
 * Medicaid