Ken Auletta is not qualified to report on the digital revolution, so
it's appropriate that most of this book is about the analog "information
superhighway" of cable TV, broadcast satellites, and Hollywood getting its
act together for "500 interactive channels." The chapter titled "Portrait
of a Software Giant" is about Viacom, because Auletta defines "software" as
movies, sitcoms, and videocassettes. Then there's the problem of excessive
toadyism; one critic brutally dismissed Auletta's writing as "CEO porn."
But how else do you get access to Hollywood's rich and famous? The chapter
on Rupert Murdoch alone is worth the price of this book -- but only because
this book was quickly remaindered, and is now available for a song.
ISBN 0-679-45738-0
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