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Title: Three Blind Mice : How the TV Networks Lost Their Way by Ken Auletta ISBN: 0-679-74135-6 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Journalistically Insightful
Comment: This is a snapshot of what happens when companies become too large and lose touch with changing demands in the marketplace. While this snapshot was taken a few years ago, its lessons are still pertinent. The networks have subsequently made a few changes, but the landscape in telecommunications remains unpredictable. For a reader interested in media history, the philosophical stance of various network executives is covered pretty well in narrative form. Since the book came out at the end of Brandon Tartikoff's successful programming ventures, a significant amount of the book is devoted to his style of management. Auletta identifies five dominant powers influencing the telecommunications industry: the networks, cable, independent and affiliated stations, the Hollywood studios, and the telephone companies. This book is well-researched and written. It provides insightful analysis and commentatary on the condition of the fifth estate as it was at the end of the 20th century.
Rating: 4
Summary: An insider's account to network TV
Comment: An intriguing book for anyone interested in the volatile business of network television. Auletta clearly had inside access to the major players at the big three networks when all of them were changing hands during the mid 1980s. Auletta's account does a fine job of examining each network's unique culture, which could clearly be traced to the men in charge. The book details the inner workings of each network's news and entertainment divisions, and the uphill battle for viewers in a new era of competition. The first chapter includes an interesting story, followed by a keen analysis. The rest of the book continues that pattern.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Powerful book on Television & the little men who run it
Comment: Having worked a good portion of my life in 'local' television, it was most interesting to read about the so-called big boys of the networks. Anyone who has spent hours watching the 'tube' should get a real kick out of this. With all the egos involved, its amazing that there were no more bodies being loaded outside their headquarters daily. Ken Auletta had some marvelous sources to get so many things to write about. Somehow I know television will continue to survive despite some of the dim-wits who run things. I kept reading the book looking for solid broadcasters----there are many, but I was amazed at how little some of the bigger names failed to measure up. I am planning to read the book for a second time. Surely some of the big guys didn't say and do some of the things reported by Auletta. Now lets just make sure Peter Jennings tie looks nice, his head cocked just right and his million dollar smile continues to remind of his four marriages and his need for a personal pacifier. Right on Ken Auletta.
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Title: Roone : A Memoir by Roone Arledge ISBN: 0060197331 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss ISBN: 0684870185 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 03 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: This Business of Television by Howard J. Blumenthal, Oliver R. Goodenough ISBN: 0823077047 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Sport Facility Management: Organizing Events and Mitigating Risks by Rob Ammon, Robin Ammon Jr., Robin Ammon, Richard M. Southall, David A. Blair ISBN: 1885693397 Publisher: Fitness Info Tech Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
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Title: On the Ball: What You Can Learn About Business From America's Sports Leaders by David M. Carter, Darren Rovell ISBN: 013100963X Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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