Some investors took the executives quitting within weeks of each other as possibly just another odd rift with the Dolans, or more likely, a stronger merger opportunity ahead with Time Warner Cable. Prior to joining Cablevision, the Rutledge and Bickham team had run Time Warner Cable, one of the great successes of entertainment media in the 1990s. Rutledge and Bickham left Time Warner Cable after a power struggle with current TWC Chief Executive Glenn Britt. Cablevision declined comment on merger issues, and said it's seeking "an executive for oversight of the cable operations." The company declined to say whether it was seeking replacements for both the chief operating officer and president of cable posts. A spokesperson for Time Warner Cable declined comment on the possibility of a merger with Cablevision. The Dolans have already spun off media assets into two other public companies, Madison Square Garden, and AMC Networks.