The master switch : the rise and fall of information empires

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-356) and index.

Part I. The rise : The disruptive founder -- Radio dreams -- Mr. Vail is a big man -- The time is not ripe for feature films -- Centralize all radio activities -- The paramount ideal -- Part II. Beneath the all-seeing eye : The foreign attachment -- The legion of decency -- FM radio -- We now add sight to sound -- Part III. The rebels, the challengers, and the fall : The right kind of breakup -- The radicalism of the Internet revolution -- Nixon's cable -- Broken Bell -- Esperanto for machines -- Part IV. Reborn without a soul : Turner does television -- Mass production of the spirit -- The return of AT&T -- Part V. The Internet against everyone : A surprising wreck -- Father and son -- The separations principle.