The Highwaymen

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By: Ken Auletta

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Paperback | 1 June 1998

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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.

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Non-Fiction Industry & Industrial Studies Engineering & Technology Electronics & Communications Engineering Communications Engineering & Telecommunications Technology in General History of Engineering & Technology Computing & I.T.Digital Lifestyle & Online World: Consumer & User Guides Internet Guides & Online Services Information Technology General Issue Ethical & Social Aspects of IT

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Introduction
Diller Peeks into the Future: Intimations of Interactivity	p. 3
The Cowboy: John Malone's Cable Kingdom	p. 25
The War for Paramount (and Software)	p. 56
What Won't You Do?	p. 68
Portrait of a Software Giant: Viacom	p. 99
No Longer the Son Of: Seagram's Edgar Bronfman, Jr.	p. 136
The Consigliere: Herbert Allen, Matchmaker	p. 160
Synergy: The Mantra That's Bad for Journalism	p. 180
The Referee: The FCC	p. 189
Localism Confounds Ted Turner's Global Village	p. 206
The Magic Box: Interactive TV?	p. 218
The Human Factor: Troubles in Disneyland	p. 230
The Beheadings: Successful Yet Unemployed	p. 248
The Pirate: Rupert Murdoch	p. 258
The Power of Shame: Bill Bennett Takes On Gangsta Rap	p. 290
Jumping off a Bridge: Michael Kinsley Enters Cyberspace	p. 303
The Microsoft Provocateur: Nathan Myhrvold, Bill Gates's Corporate Gadfly	p. 333
Acknowledgments	p. 357
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