Cutthroat: High Stakes & Killer Moves on the Electronic Frontier
"As a business reporter at The Denver Post, Keating has covered the people and the deals that have redrawn the telecom map. That familiarity and Keating's painstaking research are amply evident in Cutthroat. So is a formidable story-telling ability...In the first half of Cutthroat, Keating tells a compelling story of cable's rise and the launch of its arch-competitor, direct broadcast satellite. In the characters of (John) Malone, (Rupert) Murdoch, (Charlie) Ergen, Bill Gates, Al Gore and a host of others, he has plenty of fodder. The world Keating details is one of constantly shifting alliances, allegiances, as well as Ludlum-esque political and business intrigues.'' --Broadcasting & Cable magazine, November 24, 1999"Mr. Keating's writing is deft, his judgments are sound and his characterizations are often sharp and witty...There was a problem in the cable business, as Mr. Keating makes clear enough. The problem was the politicians, starting with the local hacks who awarded monopoly cable franchises while extorting bribes." --The Wall Street Journal, December 30, 1999"So much has changed in cable TV during the past several years that even longtime participants have trouble keeping up. But a new book by Stephen Keating, a reporter for The Denver Post, tries to make sense of the rapid change rocking the industry." --Cox News Service, November 16, 1999--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.