Media man : Ted Turner's improbable empire
by
 
Auletta, Ken.

Title
Media man : Ted Turner's improbable empire

Author
Auletta, Ken.

ISBN
9780393051681

Personal Author
Auletta, Ken.

Edition
1st ed.

Publication Information
New York : Norton, c2004.

Physical Description
205 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series
Enterprise
 
Enterprise (New York, N.Y.)

Contents
1. Getting fired -- 2. Father and son -- 3. The rabbit -- 4. The rabbit mates -- 5. A billionaire Jeremiah -- 6. Turner wrestles the bear -- 7. The merger from hell -- 8. Hubris -- 9. Exits -- 10. Zorba the Greek.

Abstract
"Wildly outspoken and ferociously competitive, Ted Turner is not your typical CEO. Equal parts mogul and visionary, Turner turned a modest suite of business into an improbable media empire that was in the forefront of the cable-television revolution." "Granted unique access to Turner and other key insiders (Gerald Levin, Steve Case, and Dick Parsons among them), Ken Auletta, America's foremost media reporter, tells the story of Turner the entrepreneur with rare authority. Media Man is a brisk and engrossing view of an unorthodox innovator, a pioneering company, and the industry they created."--BOOK JACKET.

Personal Subject
Turner, Ted.

Subject Term
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
 
Sports team owners -- United States -- Biography.
 
Telecommunication -- United States -- Biography.


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