| Media Man: Ted Turner's Improbable Empire Contributor(s): Auletta, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393327493 ISBN-13: 9780393327496 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2005 Annotation: Auletta has written the first book-length retrospective on the volatile Turner and his roller-coaster career, and received the active cooperation of Turner himself, including 15 hours of taped interviews. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business - Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Enterprise (W.W. Norton Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8" (0.41 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: Ted Turner revolutionized television. Foreseeing cable's potential in its infancy, he parlayed a tiny UHF station in Atlanta into a national superstation, invented CNN, and transformed sports teams and the MGM film library into lucrative programming. Ken Auletta, the most respected media journalist in America, enjoyed unparalleled access to the outspoken and defiant Turner in writing this book (named one of BusinessWeek's Top Ten Books of 2004), capturing the visionary businessman as he built and lost his improbable empire." |
Contributor Bio(s): Auletta, Ken: - Ken Auletta writes the "Annals of Communications" for The New Yorker and is the author of nine previous books, including Greed and Glory on Wall Street, Three Blind Mice, The Highwaymen, World War 3.0, and Backstory. He lives in New York City. |