The highwaymen
warriors of the information superhighway
by Ken Auletta
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A struggle is taking place - not just among corporate titans, but among entire industries. At stake is control of the world's fastest-growing industry: communications. The contestants are Hollywood studios, television networks, and cable, telephone, computer, publishing, and consumer-electronics companies. All are vying to collect a toll on the information superhighway.
And as they jockey for control, they tread on volatile ground, as one fixation after another (cable, interactive TV) is dumped in favor of the next (satellite, the Internet). Auletta's access to the principal players is unparalleled (six days with Rupert Murdoch, poker games with Sumner Redstone), and his grasp of the issues - from boardroom politics to regulatory and technological pressures - is unmatched by any other journalist.
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Biography, High technology industries, Businessmen, Telecommunication, Geschäftsmann, Datenautobahn, Topmanager, Telekommunikationsindustrie, Informationstechnik, Biographie, Aufsatzsammlung, Industrialists, Information networks, Businesspeople, Information superhighway, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway
2011, Penguin Random House
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The Highwaymen
June 22, 1999, Random House Value Publishing
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The highwaymen: warriors of the information superhighway
1998, Harcourt Brace
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The highwaymen: tycoons, technology, and the coming world of electronic communications
1997, Random House
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The highwaymen: warriors of the information superhighway
1997, Random House
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"When Barry Diller, the former chairman of Fox, Inc., speaks of his Apple PowerBook, a laptop computer, he grows rhapsodic."
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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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