The Network (Paperback)

Scott Woolley

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Idioma: inglés

Editorial: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York, 2017

0062242768 / 9780062242761

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Paperback. The astonishing story of America's airwaves, the two friends--one a media mogul, the other a famous inventor--who made them available to us, and the government which figured out how to put a price on air.This is the origin story of the airwaves--the foundational technology of the communications age--as told through the forty-year friendship of an entrepreneurial industrialist and a brilliant inventor.David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and equal parts Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and William Randolph Hearst, was the greatest supporter of his friend Edwin Armstrong, developer of the first amplifier, the modern radio transmitter, and FM radio. Sarnoff was convinced that Armstrong's inventions had the power to change the way societies communicated with each other forever. He would become a visionary captain of the media industry, even predicting the advent of the Internet.In the mid-1930s, however, when Armstrong suspected Sarnoff of orchestrating a cadre of government officials to seize control of the FM airwaves, he committed suicide. Sarnoff had a very different view of who his friend's enemies were.Many corrupt politicians and corporations saw in Armstrong's inventions the opportunity to commodify our most ubiquitous natural resource--the air. This early alliance between high tech and business set the precedent for countless legal and industrial battles over broadband and licensing bandwidth, many of which continue to influence policy and debate today. The Network tells the story of one of the 20th century's greatest heists: the massive rip-off of the airwave, which made the communications age possible, played out in a compelling drama between the technology's inventor Edwin Armstrong and the head of RCA, David Sarnoff, whose collaboration saw the birth of radio, TV, and eventually, the internet. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
The Network (Paperback)
Autor
Scott Woolley
Editorial
HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York
Año de publicación
2017
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0062242768
ISBN 13
9780062242761

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