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The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

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The Master Switch

The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
366

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Cover of: Der Master Switch: Aufstieg und Niedergang der Informationsimperien (mitp Business) (German Edition)
Der Master Switch: Aufstieg und Niedergang der Informationsimperien (mitp Business) (German Edition)
Jul 03, 2012, MITP Verlags GmbH & Co. KG
in German
Cover of: The master switch
The master switch: the rise and fall of information empires
2011, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: Master Switch
Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2011-01-01, Atlantic Books - London
Cover of: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Nov 02, 2010, Vintage
Cover of: The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Cover of: Master Switch
Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2010, Atlantic Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: The Master Switch
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
2010, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

The disruptive founder
Radio dreams
Mr. Vail is a big man
The time is not ripe for feature films
Centralize all radio activities
The paramount ideal
The foreign attachment
The legiod of decency
FM radio
We now add sight and sound
The right kind of breakup
The radicalism of the internet revolution
The right kind of breakup
Nixon's cable
Esperanto for machines
Turner does television
Mass production of the spirit
The return of AT&T
A surprising wreck
Father and son
The separations principle.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
384/.041
Library of Congress
HE7631 .W8 2010, HE7631 .W8 2010eb

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
x, 366p.
Number of pages
366

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24080190M
Internet Archive
masterswitchrise00wuti_0
ISBN 13
9780307269935
LCCN
2010004137
OCLC/WorldCat
515402494, 688481047

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