“The Curse of the Mogul - What’s Wrong With the World’s Leading Media Companies,” by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald and Ava Seave

[Dave U. Random]

(NY Times) - THERE are moguls running amok in Hollywood,
and like financial Godzillas, they prey on gullible
investors on Wall Street and Main Street to feed their
egotistical hunger for fame and fortune. That is the
premise of �The Curse of the Mogul: What�s Wrong With the
World�s Leading Media Companies" (Amazon.com:
http://xrl.us/CurseMogul )

The authors loosely define the media moguls in question as
the heads or former heads of the world�s 15 largest media
companies. This is a group that includes Rupert Murdoch
(the News Corporation), Sumner M. Redstone (Viacom), Brian
L. Roberts (Comcast), Michael D. Eisner (former chief of
Disney) and Jean-Marie Messier (formerly of Vivendi). Their
curse, the authors say, can show up in the form of
qualities like hubris, overarching ambition and self-
delusion..

Continued: http://xrl.us/CurseMogulReview