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Author:
Pike, Sid, 1927-
Title:
We changed the world : memoirs of a CNN global satellite pioneer / Sidney Pike.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Paragon,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xxii, 489 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Pike, Sid,--1927-
Cable News Network.
Television producers and directors--United States.--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Road to Atlanta -- The demise of a television station -- Only a fool would by a UHF station -- Thirty-nine employees and a decrepit television facility -- The miracle that won the Braves, Hawks, and Flames -- Tantics, tantrums, and triumphs -- Global television equals endless horizon -- SuperStation growing pains -- CNN is born -- CNN international's flame is lit -- American business guru visits Japan -- The "underdog" and other concepts -- A global satellite system - on the cheap -- Encountering opposition in a Chinese democracy -- Cultivating the Asian connection -- Climbing over the Great Wall -- The Battle of Guam -- Perseverance and patience pay off -- South America - The hard way -- Expanding in all directions -- African adventures, Chinese Checkers, and other games -- Success can become a target -- Mapping the first Magellan trip -- Africa open its doors -- Indian intransigence and other hurdles -- Ted twirls a lasso - only to be lassoed -- CNN replaces the "drum" in Africa -- PanAmSat and Rene Anselmo -- CNN's vital link, Africa and Turning to the Soviet Union -- Complications and Tian an Men Square -- Sheiks and satellites -- Gulf revisited and meeting a satellite visionary -- Gulf War puts CNN in spotlight -- The management shuffle and other dance steps -- Joint ventures and adventures in Russia and Eastern Europe -- Mixed signals and mixed opportunities -- Czechmates and other chess moves -- Russian Roulette -- Executive decisions and other crimes -- Project, meltdown.
ISBN:
9781557788559 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1557788553 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)60454268
LCCN:
2005014673
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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