Virtual Murdoch. Reality Wars On The Information Highway

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Secker And Warburg
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 399 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. This Charts The Real Story Behind The Rise Of News Corporatio: The Secret Debt Crises And Family Deals, The New York Party That Saved His Empire, The Covert Government Enquiries, The Tax Investigations As Well As The Bewildering Duels With Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Gerry Levin, Ron Perelman, Newt Ginrich, Cable King John Malone, Disney's Michael Eisner, Tony Blair And Televangilist Turned Diamond Miner, Pat Robertson.

Publishers Description: In the summer of 2000, Rupert Murdoch is weeks away from realising his life's dream. Three years ago, he set out to challenge every media group in America and he failed. Now unexpectedly the last wave of the tech stockmarket boom has given him a second chance. Murdoch's gamble is to change the way the world communicates. His plan will establish himself as the most powerful media figure on the planet and put him in direct conflict with Bill Gates. With time running out, Murdoch must beat Gates to the Premier League television rights, then float the world's biggest satellite platform on Wall Street before the market falls over. Battling cancer, his family fraying while the empire falters, Murdoch will do whatever he must to make this final, greatest gamble work.

ISBN: 9780436233890