Unscripted: The Epic Battle For A Media Empire And The Redst

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Nombre: Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Penguin Press

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"Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing." - The Hollywood Reporter

Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators. The New York Times Book Review, Editors Choice

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct, and deceit that threatened the future of the company, from the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalists who first broke the news

In 2016, the fate of Paramount Globalthe multibillion-dollar entertainment empire that includes Paramount, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Showtime, and Simon & Schusterhung precariously in the balance. Its founder and head, ninety-three-year-old Sumner M. Redstone, was facing a very public lawsuit brought by a former romantic companion, Manuela Herzera lawsuit that placed Sumners deteriorating health and questionable judgment under a harsh light.

As one of the last in a long line of all-powerful media moguls, Sumner had been a relentlessly demanding boss, and an even more demanding father. When his daughter, Shari, took control of her fathers business, she faced the hostility of boards and management who for years had heard Sumner disparage her. Les Moonves, the popular CEO of CBS, felt particularly threatened and schemed with his allies on the board to strip Shari of power. But while he publicly battled Shari, news began to leak that Moonves had been involved in multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and he began working behind the scenes to try to make the stories disappear.

Unscripted is an explosive and unvarnished look at the usually secret inner workings of two public companies, their boards of directors, and a wealthy, dysfunctional family in the throes of seismic changes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams. Through the microcosm of Paramount, whose once victorious business model of cable fees and ticket sales is crumbling under the assault of technological advances, and whose workplace is undergoing radical change in the wake of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, and a distaste for the old guard, Stewart and Abrams lay bare the battle for power at any priceand the carnage that ensued.

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Redstone has found his Ishmael in James B. Stewart, who has ventured once more into the corporate depths and returned, he writes, with an astonishing saga of sex, lies, and betrayal. His new book, Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy, written with New York Times media reporter Rachel Abrams, joins his earlier probing work on the Walt Disney Co., insider trading, corporate lawyers and the posh netherworld of American business. Imagine a mash-up of King Lear and Weekend at Bernies, the 1989 movie comedy about two scamps who prop up a cadaver so they can enjoy a weekend at his beach house, with Redstone starring in both title roles. The Wall Street Journal

A delicious treat . . . Unscripted is a model of how gracefully to tell the most grotesque of stories: that of the final years of Sumner Redstone . . . I lost some sleep unable to put this book down. Adam Davidson, New York Times Book Review

Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing. The Hollywood Reporter

Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators." The New York Times Book Review, Editors Choice

Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . Theres the 90-something billionaire with still-active sexual appetites; the scheming mistresses; threesomes; parked-car encounters; a Sedona love nest; a chief executive who allegedly forced himself on multiple victims; a stolen laptop; shady private investigators; and a cast of characters straight off MTV or another Redstone cable channel. Mixing tight financial reporting with soap-operatic twists and turns, Uns

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Tiempo de entrega: 15 días
Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Meses de garantía: 1
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Condición: Nuevo
ASIN: 1984879421
País de producción: United States
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Penguin Press
Titulo del libro: Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
Autor: Stewart, James B
Fecha de publicación: 2023-02-14 00:00:00
Idioma: Inglés
Editor: Penguin Press
Número de páginas: 416
ISBN-13: 9781984879424
SKU: 9781984879424