New Yorker columnist Ken Auletta profiles Southern media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner.
Critic Reviews
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Favorable
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Daily Telegraph Geoffrey Owen
Breezily entertaining.
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Favorable
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The Economist
This short biography does an excellent job of describing how Mr Turner's upbringing influenced him, and of painting a portrait of his marriage to Jane Fonda.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Richard Byrne
Readers may find more detailed analyses of the merger of AOL and Time Warner than Auletta's slim volume, but they will find none more entertaining, straightforward or comprehensible.
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Mixed
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The Guardian Frank Kane
For a man who once told a UN audience: 'I do love everybody, I do, I do', his hatred of Murdoch is one of the few permanent aspects of his personality. It is a central flaw, but one which Auletta never fully explores.
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Mixed
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Houston Chronicle Tommy Miller
Auletta's specialty is the business of the media, and his expertise in this area is clearly evident in his dissection of the merger. At the same time, these pages are the most challenging and ponderous sections of the book.
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Unfavorable
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Publishers Weekly
The biography is loaded with detail, but very little personality--unfortunate, given its fascinating subject. [9 Aug 2004, p.243]
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Unfavorable
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The New York Times Book Review Seth Mnookin
''Media Man'' doesn't offer much in terms of a satisfying or illuminating story, or a meaningful discussion of institutions, entrepreneurs or ideas, either.
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Unfavorable
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Boston Globe Elizabeth Corcoran
"Media Man" ticks off the main stops of Turner's journey, like postcards from overseas. But we don't get to go along for the ride.
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