by Ken Auletta
First published 2005
Ted Turner saw the future of television before anyone else. He transformed a small Atlanta UHF station into a national powerhouse, created CNN from nothing, and turned sports franchises and Hollywood's MGM library into programming gold. Ken Auletta, America's leading media journalist, gained extraordinary access to the brash and rebellious Turner during his final act. The book captures Turner at his peak as a visionary entrepreneur and follows his dramatic descent as he watches his unlikely empire slip away. Auletta reveals the human cost of ambition through Turner's own words and actions. This portrait shows how one man's foresight built a media revolution and how quickly power can vanish. BusinessWeek named it among 2004's top ten books and praised Auletta for showing Turner's most vulnerable side as a fallen titan.
Genres: biography, business, american, non-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: rags-to-riches, rise-and-fall
Setting: Atlanta, United States
Period: 20th Century, 21st Century
206 pages · Paperback · W. W. Norton