Article: Holloway rides out cable-industry changes: after 20 years, it's no longer a 'good-old-boy business'. (The Fifth Estater).(profile of USA Network head of distribution, Doug Holloway)(Biography)

Doug Holloway has been leading USA Network's distribution for two decades. That's unusual longevity for an executive in today's consolidated media world. In that time, USA's ownership has changed hands, and the network gained sister channels.

He started his career elsewhere in the cable industry. Toiling in affiliate sales for CBS Cable, he covered 25 cable systems and traveled the country for weeks at a time. His favorite stops were cities and regions he had never visited before, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. When that venture shut down in 1981, he moved to TV Cable Week, an early listing service for cable operators.

At the urging of USA ...

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