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Desperate Networks eBooks
by Bill Carter
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Desperate Networks Summary
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Bill Carter reports on the television industry for the New York Times and has written about television for almost 30 years. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a native of Brooklyn, New York, he currently resides in New Jersey with his wife and children. |
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In the executive offices of the four major networks, sweeping changes are taking place and billions of dollars are at stake. Now Bill Carter, bestselling author of The Late Shift, goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the television industry, capturing the true portraits of the larger-than-life moguls and stars who make it such a cutthroat business. In a time of sweeping media change, the four major networks struggle for the attention of American viewers increasingly distracted by cable, video games, and the Internet. Behind boardroom doors, tempers flare in the search for hit shows, which often get on the air purely by accident. The fierce competition creates a pressure-cooker environment where anything can happen . . . NBCÆs fall from graceùOnce the undisputed king of prime time, NBC plunged from first place to last place in the ratings in the course of a single season. What will be the price of that collapseùand who will pay it? CBSÆs slow and steady race to the topùUnlike NBC, CBS, under the leadership of CEO, Leslie Moonves, engineered one of the most spectacular turnarounds in television history. But in this ruthless world, youÆre only as good as last weekÆs ratings . . . . ABCÆs surprising resurrectionùLost and Desperate Housewivesùhave brought ABC the kind of success it could only dream of in the past. So why donÆt the executives responsible for those hits work there any more? The End of the News As We Know ItùIn a stunningly short period of time, all three of the major network news anchorsùDan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Peter Jenningsùsigned off, leaving executives scrambling for a way to keep network news relevant in an era of 24/7 information. Crazy Like FoxùTheyÆre outrageous, unconventional, and occasionally off-putting, but more and more people are watching Fox shows. Most of all they keep watching American Idol. How did Simon Cowell snooker himself into a huge payday? Stay tuned . . . |
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