High Wire Act (eBook)
544 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-15872-2 (ISBN)
Canada's history than Ted Rogers. Hailed by some as a
visionary with an incomparable insight, and equally loathed by
others as a ruthless opportunist, Ted Rogers relentlessly conquered
his rivals in three industries - radio, cable television and
cellular telephony. High Wire Act is an unprecedented,
in-depth analysis into how Ted Rogers, driven by the psychological
need to restore his family's name, leveraged his stake in a small
Toronto FM radio station and propelled it into a media and
telecommunications behemoth worth over $23 billion. The many topics
covered in the book include details on Rogers'...
* Unmatched ability to foresee the convergence of cable and
telephony before anyone else did
* Insatiable appetite for debt and risk taking, and how he bet
his company three times to carry out his vision
* Shrewd political and regulatory maneuvers that always kept him
one step ahead of his competitors and political adversaries such as
Bell and the Aspers
* Opportunistic acquisition of the Toronto Blue Jays
High Wire Act is a fascinating and one-of-a-kind look
into one of Canada's most audacious and visionary business
figures of the past fifty years. Every Canadian business reader
will be enthralled by this enduring success story of Canada's
only true telecommunications mogul.
Caroline Van Hasselt (Toronto, ON) is an awardwinning reporter with an almost 20-year career in journalism. She previously was Boston Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News and a reporter with the Financial Times of Canada. One of her notable achievements includes being the first to break the news of Royal Bank's ultimately failed merger with Bank of Montreal. In addition to being a journalist, Caroline has also worked as a senior investigator at Canada's foremost forensic accounting firm.
Acknowledgments v
Prologue: Not Your Average Cable Guy ix
Act One: Radio
Chapter 1: 3BP 3
Chapter 2: Club 405 19
Chapter 3: Rogers, Bassett and the BBG 29
Chapter 4: 680 Radio 45
Chapter 5: "The Hardest Fight of My Life" 63
Act Two: Cable
Chapter 6: The Cable Guy 81
Chapter 7: Enter Phil Lind, the Banks and the CRTC 95
Chapter 8: Predatory Strike 113
Chapter 9: Taking on America: Part I: Urban Oil Wells 135
Chapter 10: Taking on America: Part II: A Hell of a Marriage
157
Chapter 11: Taking on America: Part III: Hell on Wheels 169
Act Three: Wireless
Chapter 12: Cutting the Cord: The Birth of Cantel 199
Chapter 13: Twelve Months to Launch 233
Chapter 14: The Put 259
Chapter 15: Ownership Gambit 285
Act Four: Riverboat Gambler
Chapter 16: Unitel: Here We Go Again 297
Chapter 17: Blood Sport 319
Chapter 18: WAVE Good-Bye 337
Chapter 19: The Terrible Nineties 355
Chapter 20: Fido, Heel 383
Chapter 21: A Mug's Game 405
Chapter 22: The Five Final Years 427
Chapter 23: Are You Rogered? 453
Epilogue: Vindication 465
Appendix: A Ted Rogers Q&A 472
Endnotes 475
Partial Bibliography 509
Index 510
"Ted was dreaming of convergence before anyone knew how to spell it.'' -- Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.8.2009 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Schlagworte | Business & Management • Business & Management Special Topics • Spezialthemen Wirtschaft u. Management • Wirtschaft u. Management |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-15872-7 / 0470158727 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-15872-2 / 9780470158722 |
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