Media Man: Ted Turners Improbable Empire

Ted Turner revolutionized television. Foreseeing cables potential in its infancy, he parlayed a tiny UHF station in Atlanta into a national superstation, invented CNN, and transformed sports teams and the MGM film library into lucrative programming. Ken Auletta, the most respected media journalist in America, enjoyed unparalleled access to the outspoken and defiant Turner in writing this book (named one of BusinessWeeks Top Ten Books of 2004), capturing the visionary businessman as he built and lost his improbable empire."