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Autumn of the moguls; my misadventures with the titans, poseurs, and money guys who mastered and messed up big media.


P92

2004-541106

0-06-662113-5

Autumn of the moguls; my misadventures with the titans, poseurs, and money guys who mastered and messed up big media.

Wolff, Michael.

HarperCollins, [c]2003

381 p.

$25.95

The New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 magazine media columnist (whose 1998 book Burn Rate described the rise and crash of his own online media startup) looks at the characters who were driving as the media galloped through their biggest changes since Gutenberg invented print. As merger began to follow merger early in 2000, newspapers, magazines, television, and radio were consolidated in fewer and fewer hands. Empires and reputations toppled. Today, Wolff declares, "The media business is collapsing. The structure is caving in, like a monarchy, or colonial rule, or communism." The business and media legends who come under his eye are titans such as Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson (born May 20 1952, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of TIME. , Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude>

Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model.
, Gerald Levin, Arthur Sulzberger Arthur Sulzberger can refer to:
  • Arthur Hays Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times from 1935 to 1961
  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, son of the above and publisher and president of the New York Times from 1963 to 1992.
  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr.
, Barry Diller Barry Diller (born February 2, 1942 in San Francisco, California) is an American media executive responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company. Biography , and Tina Brown.
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Date:Aug 1, 2005
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