Cablevision purchased Newsday in 2008 ... (This story has been updated to add new information.) ...

Cablevision in recent years sold or spun off ... a service that delivered visitor information to New York City via a cable connection. In those days, cable television was still a nascent business ...

Charles F Dolan, the founder of HBO and Cablevision, passed away at 98. He revolutionized the TV industry with innovations such as launching HBO in 1972 and founding Cablevision in 1973.

(AP) — Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98, according to a news report.