Charles Dolan, who helped pioneer pay television with the founding of Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at 98, according to a spokesperson for the Dolan family.

His business choices were diverse and prolific: He founded HBO, bought Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks, and took over a Long Island newspaper. By Richard Goldstein Charles F.

Charles F. Dolan, a media and telecommunications pioneer who founded Cablevision Systems Corp. and spearheaded innovations that transformed the television industry, has died. He was 98. Dolan ...

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision whose family owns Madison Square Garden and AMC Networks, died ...

Charles Dolan, a cable pioneer and patriarch of the Dolan family that controls media companies, entertainment venues and sports teams, died December 28 of natural causes, Newsday reported.

Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent US media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision ...

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision, whose family owns Madison Square Garden, has died at age 98, his family said Saturday. Dolan passed away of natural causes surrounded ...

Charles Dolan, the television innovator who founded Cablevision and HBO, died Saturday. He was 98. Dolan died of natural causes and was surrounded by loved ones, his family told Newsday.

Charles Dolan, the billionaire founder of HBO and Cablevision whose family owns Madison Square Garden and AMC Networks, died Saturday from natural causes, the Dolan family announced in a statement.

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

Charles F. Dolan, the media pioneer and businessman who founded HBO in the early 1970s, merged a group of Long Island cable TV systems into Cablevision, and later created the channel AMC, has died.