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In 1992, Malone coined the term '''500-channel universe''' to describe a future media environment where a vast number of [[TV channel]]s would be available, by eliminating the need for broadcast radio channels as a [[scarce resource]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5014838/Editorial-Going-a-la-carte.html|title=Editorial: Going a la carte is right for cable. {{!}} Goliath Business News|date=2011-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615080608/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5014838/Editorial-Going-a-la-carte.html|access-date=2019-12-18|archive-date=2011-06-15}}</ref>
In business dealings Malone has been dubbed "Darth Vader", a nickname allegedly given to him by [[Al Gore]] when Malone was the head of TCI.
In 1994, ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' portrayed Malone on their cover as "Mad Max" from ''[[Mad Max 2|The Road Warrior]]'' (also known as ''Mad Max 2''), with an interview describing his battles with the FCC.<ref name="Wired" /> He is also known as the "Cable Cowboy".<ref name="businessinsider" />
Bloomberg estimated him to be worth over [[United States dollar|US$]]9 [[1,000,000,000 (number)|billion]] in May 2021.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" />
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