As cablevision systems struggled to revie itself in recent months, James L. Dolan, chief executive and son of the company founder, occasionally sought solace in the Eyebrow. The small skybox high above the arena floor at Madison Square Garden, in which Cablevision owns a controlling interest, offers a crow's nest view of the losing ways of two teams the company also owns, hockey's New York Rangers and basketball's New York Knicks. Of the many things worrying him―$7.7 billion in debt, a collapsed stock price and a nasty fight with the New York Yankees' new sports channel―Dolan would obsess over an irksome detail: Often, the freshness date on the diet Coke in the skybox had expired.
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机译:近几个月来,随着有线电视视觉系统(Cablevision Systems)努力重新审视自己,该公司创始人兼首席执行官兼首席执行官之子詹姆斯·多兰(James L. Dolan)偶尔在眉毛上寻求慰藉。麦迪逊广场花园(Madison Square Garden)竞技场地板上方高高的小天窗,Cablevision拥有控股权,这家公司还拥有两支球队,曲棍球的纽约游骑兵队和篮球的纽约尼克斯队,输掉了乌鸦的巢穴。在让他感到担忧的许多事情中,包括77亿美元的债务,股价暴跌以及与纽约洋基队新体育频道的激烈对抗,多兰(Dolan)痴迷于一个令人讨厌的细节:通常,天空盒中可口可乐的新鲜日期已经过期了。
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