They Built a Shrine to Cable TV. Then Everyone Cut the Cord. (Gift Article)

“.. It never drew the 100,000 annual attendees that its leaders had hoped for — it turns out that Denver may not have been an ideal spot for a cable museum and that cable itself ‘maybe was not as compelling as to draw that kind of crowd.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...

First the Newseum, now this. Any time a medium opens a museum, it is doomed! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...

“At its height, in the 2010s, more than 100 million American households had a cable subscription — more than three-quarters of the country. But today, nearly half of all TV watched in the United States comes via streaming services. Just 19 percent of television viewing comes via cable.” 🎁

Brings to mind the sad fate of the #Newseum (RIP), only with a much shorter time-line and far less fan fare. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b... Omg the archives sound amazing 'a box of macaroni with branding from “The Sopranos.”'

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b... I had no clue there was a cable tv museum.

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They Built a Shrine to Cable TV. Then Everyone Cut the Cord. They set out to celebrate the power and prestige of an industry that spanned MTV, HBO and Nickelodeon. Now, as cable’s fortunes have waned, the institution is changing, too.

They Built a Shrine to Cable TV. Then Everyone Cut the Cord.

The Cable Center sells its 75K-square-foot Denver headquarters for $19.5M, as cord-cutting and media consolidation cause financial strain for the nonprofit (New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

They set out to celebrate the power and prestige of an industry that spanned MTV, HBO and Nickelodeon. Now, as cable’s fortunes have waned, the institution is changing, too.

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b... I think this is about jumper cables. Or else power cables. Unclear to me

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They Built a Shrine to Cable TV. Then Everyone Cut the Cord. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/b...