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The Highwaymen Paperback – June 1, 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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    0156005735
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Few industries can grab the world's attention these days--and hold the promise of totally reshaping its future--like communications. Bestselling author Ken Auletta profiles many of the field's leading lights in great depth in The New Yorker, and 17 of his most compelling essays since 1992 have been collected in a book that offers close-up details as well as long-range perspectives on movers and shakers such as Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, and Ted Turner. Available in paperback, The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway has been extensively revised and expanded since its original publication. --Howard Rothman

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Ken Auletta is columnist for the New Yorker.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvest Books/Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 1998
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Updated, Expanded ed.
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0156005735
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0156005739
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.52 x 5.5 x 0.95 inches
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Ken Auletta has written the Annals of Communications column for The New Yorker since 1992. He is the author of twelve books, including Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way; Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of The House of Lehman; and World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies. In naming him America's premier media critic, the Columbia Journalism Review said, "no other reporter has covered the new communications revolution as thoroughly as has Auletta." He lives in Manhattan with his wife.

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  • Ravi Madhavan
    4.0 out of 5 stars Media and Power
    Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2009
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    This book made up of 17 New Yorker articles by Ken Auletta written during the 1990s chronicle the major power players in the media business. I enjoyed reading most of the articles especially the ones involving, Time Warner, Viacom, Disney and News Corp and the media moguls behind them. Auletta focuses in many of the ariticles about "The Human Factor" determining the decisions made at the highest levels. Quite often this factor trumps business factors such as increased revenue and profits. The perfect examples are the firing/resignation of Jeffrey Katzenberg at Disney and Frank Biondi at Viacom. Both made large contributions to their respective companies but in the end their personal relationship with their boss made the difference. Michael Eisner at Disney and Sumner Redstone at Viacom seemed to feel their personal power at risk and therefore decided to go forward without Katzenberg and Biondi. I enjoyed reading them as most of them are very well written and uses the narrative style that most business writing unfortunately does not use enough.
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  • Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Insight on Superhighway Creators
    Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2003
    Format: Paperback
    The highway being described in this book is the information superhighway and the people being discussed are its developers. Jumping to the postscript at the very end, Auletta observes "while the Highwaymen enjoy immense power, they remain vulnerable" (p. 355). This is the paradox presented throughout the book. The regulators, entrepreneurs, and public do a dance of vulnerability in the development of the new technologies as niches are being carved out. One of the realities of corporate growth is that as they become large, they sometimes lose the freshness associated with risk and creativity. Auletta says "it becomes more difficult for them to maintain a focus, to make quick decisions, to stay creative" (p. 134).
    The ancient concept of pathos is explored in 21st century corporate America. In describing how business decisions are made in Sumner Redstone's organizational culture, he quotes an associate as saying "most deals are fifty percent emotion and fifty percent ecnomics" (p. 61).
    Aulette spends a little time on media content, pointing out the hypocrisy of film producer Oliver Stone, who sees his distortions (to be even more accurate fabrications) as "artistic freedom, while he demands strict accuracy from reporters covering him.
    The reader is left with numerous insights that would not be attained anywhere else. This book is a worthy read.
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  • Auren Hoffman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book on the media business!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2001
    Format: Hardcover
    This is an interesting series of past news features on the media business. The book chronicles some of the most fascinating media personalities from Rupert Murdoch to Herb Allen to Barry Diller to John Malone to Edgar Bronfman Jr. to Bill Gates. This is a fascinating book by a guy who was given incredible access by a large number of media executives. Highly recommended.
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