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The highwaymen : warriors of the information superhighway
- Title
- The highwaymen : warriors of the information superhighway / Ken Auletta.
- Author
- Auletta, Ken.
- Publication
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1998.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 358 pages; 21 cm.
- Summary
- A titanic struggle is taking place - not just among corporate titans, but among entire industries across the globe. At stake is control of the world's fastest-growing industry: communications. The contestants are the huge Hollywood studios, the television networks, and telephone, publishing, and computer companies. The prize is not only vast wealth, but a virtual lock on the dissemination of information worldwide.
- The Highwaymen is a riveting and compelling look behind the scenes at the vanities and visions of such chief players as Rupert Murdoch, Ted Turner, Time Warner, Disney, Viacom, and Microsoft. An astounding tale of greed, enterprise, and corporate achievement, The Highwaymen is an account of the explosive landscape of telecommunications, and as such provides an indispensable guide to today's world.
- Series Statement
- A Harvest book
- Uniform Title
- Harvest book.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Random House, c1997. With new "postscripts" added to each chapter.
- "Updated and expanded"--Cover.
- Contents
- 1. Diller Peeks into the Future: Intimations of Interactivity -- 2. The Cowboy: John Malone's Cable Kingdom -- 3. The War for Paramount (and Software) -- 4. What Won't You Do? -- 5. Portrait of a Software Giant: Viacom -- 6. No Longer the Son Of: Seagram's Edgar Bronfman, Jr. -- 7. The Consigliere: Herbert Allen, Matchmaker -- 8. Synergy: The Mantra That's Bad for Journalism -- 9. The Referee: The FCC -- 10. Localism Confounds Ted Turner's Global Village -- 11. The Magic Box: Interactive TV? -- 12. The Human Factor: Troubles in Disneyland -- 13. The Beheadings: Successful Yet Unemployed -- 14. The Pirate: Rupert Murdoch -- 15. The Power of Shame: Bill Bennett Takes On Gangsta Rap -- 16. Jumping off a Bridge: Michael Kinsley Enters Cyberspace -- 17. The Microsoft Provocateur: Nathan Myhrvold, Bill Gates's Corporate Gadfly.
- ISBN
- 0156005735
- LCCN
- 97045175
- OCLC
- ocm37909625
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries