Me and Ted Against the World : The Unauthorized Story of the Founding of CNN
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060197463 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly "CNN is my invention," proclaims Schonfeld at the outset of this entertaining, vindictive memoir of founding the world's first 24-hour news network with media mogul Ted Turner in 1979. A longtime TV and print journalist, Schonfeld was president for three years until he was fired by Turner after a clash of egos and largely forgotten within CNN's institutional memory. This book is his opportunity to set the record straight, tell some great anecdotes and (not least) settle a few old scores. He also managed to get lucky with talented unknowns like Katie Couric, Peter Arnett and Bernard Shaw (although Schonfeld also went after big guns like Orson Welles, whom he wanted as cohost for Cross
Schonfeld went oil to, create News 12 and the Food Network. Schonfeld was in the TV news business before there was a TV news business was tile best advertising salesman TV has ever known. CNN was their baby.1982. They were the odd couple of broadcast news, destined to alter global communications forever -- to free-for-all of a saga that's larger than life and more engaging than a major business book has any right to be.1979. Turner had been thrown out of Brown, Schonfeld, out of Harvard Law. Now Ted looks at news from the outside. As broadly entertaining as it is enlightening about the brave universe of telecommunications and crammed with unforgettable characters and highly revealing anecdotes, Me and Ted Against the World is eye-opening in every sense of the word.. In the beginning, it was me and T
Badreya Al Alawi said Story of the Founding of CNN. Reese Schonfeld wrote the book Me and Ted Against the World, (HarperCollins Publisher, "Story of the Founding of CNN" according to Badreya Al Alawi. Reese Schonfeld wrote the book Me and Ted Against the World, (HarperCollins Publisher, 2001) which is described as the unauthorized story of the founding of CNN. Schonfeld writes that the time in which he was writing his book was a great period in the history of CNN because everything was in a mess. Ted Turner's deal with AOL/Time Warner was not working out the way he had planned. The numbers . 001) which is described as the unauthorized story of the founding of CNN. Schonfeld writes that the time in which he was writing his book was a great period in the history of CNN because everything was in a mess. Ted Turner's deal with AOL/Time Warner was not working out the way he had planned. The numbers . How a Guerilla Journalist Changed the World A Customer Me and Ted Against the World should be required reading, not just for journalism students and those interested in news and public affairs, it should be on the must-read list for everyone who loves a good tale, well written. It tells two distinct stories: one, how the good guys won; and two, how the not-so-good guys screwed up. The teller of the tales is the world's foremost guerilla journalist. Mixed but worth reading The book is decently written though not consistently chronological throughout or organized in logical chapters. On the other hand, Reese doesn't claim it is his best but a rapidly developed version of his side of the story.The behind-the-scenes stories, econmimc rationales, lucky breaks, clever ploys, hiring realities and nitty gritty outweigh the sometimes annoying themes: liberal-leaning Jew
Reese Schonfeld cofounded the Cable News Network in 1980; CNN Headline News in 1981; News 12, the first all-local news channel, in 1985; and the Food Network in 1993. All four networks survived and thrived. . He served as CEO and president of CNN and of the Food Network