A Passion to Win
eBook - ePub

A Passion to Win

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Passion to Win

About this book

A titan of modern media, Sumner Redstone shares how he became the head of one of the world's great media empires and one of the richest men in the entertainment business. In one of the most fascinating and eye-opening business autobiographies written, Sumner Redstone shares the unvarnished story of how he overcame significant obstacles on his trek to build a vast media and entertainment engine. A Passion to Win gives a riveting look behind the scenes at the highly charged negotiations that won Redstone both Viacom and Paramount, revealing the intense business calculations and strong emotions of Redstone's head-to-head confrontations with adversaries such as Barry Diller and H. Wayne Huizenga.In a book that shows readers what it takes to win, Redstone shares the rollercoaster journey that led him to become the head of a wildly successful company and the mind behind the revolution of the video industry.

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Year
2001
eBook ISBN
9780743214391
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Dedication
  6. Prologue:The Fire This Time
  7. 1 Blockbuster Tanks
  8. 2 Breaking the Codes
  9. 3 National Amusements
  10. 4 Stick to What You Know
  11. 5 Viacom the Opening
  12. 6 Viacom the Battle
  13. 7 Viacom Running the Show
  14. 8 I Want My MTV
  15. 9 The Paramount Deal
  16. 10 The Deal from Hell
  17. 11 To Hell and Back
  18. 12 The Shakeout
  19. 13 We Are All Viacom
  20. 14 The Turnaround
  21. 15 Eye on the Future
  22. Index

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