Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way [FIRST EDITION] [VINTAGE 1991]

Langue : anglais

Edité par Random House, New York, 1991

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Fine condition black boards with a gray spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Henry James, "The Beast in the Jungle"; Introduction; Cast of Characters; Notes; Bibliography; Index and About the Author. "Three Blind Mice is Ken Auletta's brilliantly reported account of the earthquake that has struck America's three TV networks, a vivid, close-up encounter with the men and women who bring news, entertainment, and sports to tens of millions of Americans every day, and who are collectively, at this moment, facing the greatest crisis of their professional lives. For the last six years, investigative reporter Ken Auletta has observed the tumultuous decline of American network television, sitting in on high-level meetings and talking to the movers and shakers at ABC, CBS, and NBC. Now, in one of the most fascinating, important, and troubling stories of our time, he reveals how these three all-American institutions managed to fall so far so fast - despite tough-minded efforts to turn them around. From the 1950s through the 1970s, CBS, ABC, and NBC were synonymous with television. But then, their world turned upside down. Cable TV, videocassette recorders, and the Fox network, among others, ushered in a new age of video democracy. The nightly network audience plummeted by a third, a loss of almost ten million viewers; advertisers hedged their bets, and profits headed south. The "Big Three" had lost their way. By the mid-1980s, all three networks had officially changed hands. The new corporate owners believed that sound management and cost control could lead to renewed profitability. But as the 1990s dawned, the networks were in worse shape than ever. As the three networks wrestled with soaring costs and a dwindling audience, Ken Auletta was there, interviewing newly minted CEOs and veteran anchors, sitting in on staff meetings and management retreats, living day by day with the people who were trying to shape events often beyond their control. He was alone with CBS's CEO Larry Tisch when Tisch picked up the morning papers and discovered that his employees were openly calling him a liar. He was with Brandon Tartikoff, head of NBC Entertainment, when Tartikoff chose the shows that he hoped would keep Americans tuned to NBC. And he tells us what really happened when Dan Rather stalked off the set of The CBS Evening News, leaving the screen blank for a full six minutes. Three Blind Mice is a story about one business: television. But it is also about how corporate America works. Ken Auletta has brilliantly captured a watershed moment in American cultural and business history." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Titre
Three Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their Way [FIRST EDITION] [VINTAGE 1991]
Auteur
Auletta, Ken
Éditeur
Random House, New York
Année de publication
1991
État de l'article
Fine
Jaquette
Fine
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Édition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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