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_bC484 2001
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100 1 _aChenoweth, Neil.
245 1 0 _aVirtual Murdoch :
_breality wars on the information highway /
_cNeil Chenoweth.
260 _aLondon :
_bVintage,
_c2002.
300 _axvi, 399 p. ;
_c20 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [384]-386) and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Part One Atlantic Crossing -- Chapter One Voltaire's Undergraduate -- Young Rupert Murdoch considers the -- consolations of philosophy, while his party goes -- swimmingly -- Chapter Two The Drunken Sailor -- Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch have a -- boat race and drift outside the buoys -- Chapter Three Wapping's Casualties -- The intercontinental consequences of -- riotous success -- Chapter Four The Party Line -- In which Rupert Murdoch finds salvation -- at a New York soiree -- Chapter Five The Fugitive -- The man who keeps News Corporation's -- secrets has to run -- Chapter Six The Pretenders -- Anna Murdoch muses on sex and the -- summer while the family talks money -- Part Two American Jihad -- Chapter Seven Herb Allen's Porch -- The Masters of the Universe do brunch and -- Ron Perelman thinks he is the clever one -- Chapter Eight The Apple Fumble -- How Gerry Levin and Ted Turner foiled -- the Second Coming -- Chapter Nine Wired -- The High Court learns that someone has been -- listening on the telephone -- Chapter Ten The Poker Player -- Rupert Murdoch declares war on everybody -- Chapter Eleven Divided Royalties -- Newt Gingrich discovers that friendship -- has no price -- Chapter Twelve The Testing of Pat -- Televangelists, gold mining in Zaire -- and the perfect children's program -- Chapter Thirteen Man For All Seasons -- Midnight mishaps by footballers, baseball -- clubs and a large polo player -- Chapter Fourteen The Mouse Wars -- Michael Eisner sets a trap -- Part Three Murdoch's Archipelago -- Chapter Fifteen The Trouble With Tony -- The Prime Minister regrets picking -- up the telephone -- Chapter Sixteen Rupert's Rocket -- The Murdochs encounter turbulence -- but achieve escape velocity -- Chapter Seventeen The Manhattan 'Window -- In which a global media baron discovers he -- has a second chance -- Postscript -- Notes.
600 1 0 _aMurdoch, Rupert,
_d1931-
650 0 _aMass media
_zAustralia
_vBiography.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001431331.html
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