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- 1984879421
- ISBN10
- 1984879421
- ISBN13
- 9781984879424
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- 09781984879424
- Book Title
- Unscripted : the Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Business & Economics, Social Science
- Topic
- Hoaxes & Deceptions, Media Studies, General, Industries / Media & Communications, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Business
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 22.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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The instant New York Times bestseller - A New York Times Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist - Nominated for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award "Addicted to Succession ? Well, here's the real thing." - The Hollywood Reporter "Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators." -- The New York Times Book Review , Editors' Choice The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct, and deceit that threatened the future of the company, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke the news In 2016, the fate of Paramount Global's entertainment empire hung precariously in the balance. Its founder and head, ninety-three-year-old Sumner M. Redstone, was facing a very public lawsuit brought by a former romantic companion, Manuela Herzer, which placed Sumner's deteriorating health and questionable judgment under a harsh light. As an all-powerful media mogul, Sumner had been a demanding boss, and an even more demanding father. When his daughter, Shari, took control of the business, she faced the hostility of boards who for years had heard Sumner disparage her. Les Moonves, the CEO of CBS, schemed with his allies on the board to strip Shari of power. But while he publicly battled Shari, news began to leak of Moonves's involvement in multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and he began working behind the scenes to try to make the stories disappear. Unscripted is an explosive and unvarnished look at the usually secret inner workings of two public companies, their boards of directors, and a wealthy, dysfunctional family in the throes of seismic changes. From the Pulitzer Prize- winning journalists James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, Unscripted lays bare the battle for power at any price--and the carnage that ensued.
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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1984879421
ISBN-13
9781984879424
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15057275603
Product Key Features
Book Title
Unscripted : the Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Media Studies, General, Industries / Media & Communications, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Business
Publication Year
2023
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Hd2796.P373s73 2023
Reviews
"Redstone has found his Ishmael in James B. Stewart, who has ventured once more into the corporate depths and returned, he writes, with ''an astonishing saga of sex, lies, and betrayal.'' His new book , Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy , written with New York Times media reporter Rachel Abrams, joins his earlier probing work on the Walt Disney Co ., insider trading, corporate lawyers and the posh netherworld of American business. Imagine a mash-up of King Lear and Weekend at Bernie''s , the 1989 movie comedy about two scamps who prop up a cadaver so they can enjoy a weekend at his beach house, with Redstone starring in both title roles." -- The Wall Street Journal "A delicious treat . . . Unscripted is a model of how gracefully to tell the most grotesque of stories: that of the final years of Sumner Redstone . . . I lost some sleep unable to put this book down." -- Adam Davidson, New York Times Book Review "Addicted to Succession ? Well, here''s the real thing." -- The Hollywood Reporter "Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators." -- The New York Times Book Review , Editors'' Choice "Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . There''s the 90-something billionaire with still-active ''sexual appetites''; the scheming mistresses; threesomes; parked-car encounters; a Sedona love nest; a chief executive who allegedly forced himself on multiple victims; a stolen laptop; shady private investigators; and a cast of characters straight off MTV or another Redstone cable channel. Mixing tight financial reporting with soap-operatic twists and turns, Unscripted makes the amped-up historical fiction of Babylon feel downright chaste by comparison . . . Media insiders and those who followed the Redstone saga will eat this reporting--and some of the other, more comical twists that populate the book--up . . . Unscripted delivers the good." -- The Washington Post "A deeply reported account . . . The story, whose contours would be familiar to fans of the HBO series Succession , stands as a real-life warning to other family dynasties led by powerful founders . . . a masterful job." -- Financial Times "The book is a page-turner--an over-the-top tale of money, power, sex, and relentless scheming to wrest billions away from an old man who in his final years seems to have lost the capacity for just about anything except sex." -- Fortune "Mourning the end of Succession ? Unscripted is a real-life equivalent of the popular HBO show, providing a close look at the Redstone family, which owns Paramount Global. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Rachel Abrams and James B. Stewart break down the complex and astonishing narrative of a rich and powerful family and how their personal strifes impacted a major brand." -- Men''s Health "A deeply reported account of the greed, drama, and misconduct." --Fast Company "A must-read . . . A bombshell new book from two Pulitzer winners reveals some truly shocking storylines within the real-life Succession drama that is the Paramount media empire . . . Abrams, a New York Times investigative reporter, and Stewart, a Times business columnist have written a jaw-dropping yarn." -- Daily Beast "They''ve written the literary equivalent of a guilty binge-watch, whose eye-widening excess is matched only by the feeling of pleasurable superiority one feels while surveying the moral tawdriness of the mega-rich." -- Avenue "In this riveting, Succesion-esque tale of the fight for control of Paramount Global, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams weave together a lawsuit, familial conflict, and the lurking Les Moonves." -- Vanity Fair "Blockbuster reporting." -- New York Times "While we''re waiting for Succession to come back to the small screen, this new biography of the Redstone family should scratch any lingering itch to learn more about the inner workings of a rich, powerful, and very complicated family." -- Town & Country, "Redstone has found his Ishmael in James B. Stewart, who has ventured once more into the corporate depths and returned, he writes, with ''an astonishing saga of sex, lies, and betrayal.'' His new book , Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy , written with New York Times media reporter Rachel Abrams, joins his earlier probing work on the Walt Disney Co ., insider trading, corporate lawyers and the posh netherworld of American business. Imagine a mash-up of King Lear and Weekend at Bernie''s , the 1989 movie comedy about two scamps who prop up a cadaver so they can enjoy a weekend at his beach house, with Redstone starring in both title roles." -- The Wall Street Journal "A delicious treat . . . Unscripted is a model of how gracefully to tell the most grotesque of stories: that of the final years of Sumner Redstone . . . I lost some sleep unable to put this book down." -- Adam Davidson, New York Times Book Review "Addicted to Succession ? Well, here''s the real thing." -- The Hollywood Reporter "Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators." -- The New York Times Book Review , Editors'' Choice "Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . There''s the 90-something billionaire with still-active ''sexual appetites''; the scheming mistresses; threesomes; parked-car encounters; a Sedona love nest; a chief executive who allegedly forced himself on multiple victims; a stolen laptop; shady private investigators; and a cast of characters straight off MTV or another Redstone cable channel. Mixing tight financial reporting with soap-operatic twists and turns, Unscripted makes the amped-up historical fiction of Babylon feel downright chaste by comparison . . . Media insiders and those who followed the Redstone saga will eat this reporting--and some of the other, more comical twists that populate the book--up . . . Unscripted delivers the good." -- The Washington Post "A deeply reported account . . . The story, whose contours would be familiar to fans of the HBO series Succession , stands as a real-life warning to other family dynasties led by powerful founders . . . a masterful job." -- Financial Times "The book is a page-turner--an over-the-top tale of money, power, sex, and relentless scheming to wrest billions away from an old man who in his final years seems to have lost the capacity for just about anything except sex." -- Fortune "Mourning the end of Succession ? Unscripted is a real-life equivalent of the popular HBO show, providing a close look at the Redstone family, which owns Paramount Global. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Rachel Abrams and James B. Stewart break down the complex and astonishing narrative of a rich and powerful family and how their personal strifes impacted a major brand." -- Men''s Health "A must-read . . . A bombshell new book from two Pulitzer winners reveals some truly shocking storylines within the real-life Succession drama that is the Paramount media empire . . . Abrams, a New York Times investigative reporter, and Stewart, a Times business columnist have written a jaw-dropping yarn." -- Daily Beast "They''ve written the literary equivalent of a guilty binge-watch, whose eye-widening excess is matched only by the feeling of pleasurable superiority one feels while surveying the moral tawdriness of the mega-rich." -- Avenue "In this riveting, Succesion-esque tale of the fight for control of Paramount Global, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams weave together a lawsuit, familial conflict, and the lurking Les Moonves." -- Vanity Fair "Blockbuster reporting." -- New York Times "While we''re waiting for Succession to come back to the small screen, this new biography of the Redstone family should scratch any lingering itch to learn more about the inner workings of a rich, powerful, and very complicated family." -- Town & Country, "Redstone has found his Ishmael in James B. Stewart, who has ventured once more into the corporate depths and returned, he writes, with 'an astonishing saga of sex, lies, and betrayal.' His new book , Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy , written with New York Times media reporter Rachel Abrams, joins his earlier probing work on the Walt Disney Co ., insider trading, corporate lawyers and the posh netherworld of American business. Imagine a mash-up of King Lear and Weekend at Bernie's , the 1989 movie comedy about two scamps who prop up a cadaver so they can enjoy a weekend at his beach house, with Redstone starring in both title roles." -- The Wall Street Journal "A delicious treat . . . Unscripted is a model of how gracefully to tell the most grotesque of stories: that of the final years of Sumner Redstone . . . I lost some sleep unable to put this book down." -- Adam Davidson, New York Times Book Review "Addicted to Succession ? Well, here's the real thing." -- The Hollywood Reporter "Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators." -- The New York Times Book Review , Editors' Choice "Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . There's the 90-something billionaire with still-active 'sexual appetites'; the scheming mistresses; threesomes; parked-car encounters; a Sedona love nest; a chief executive who allegedly forced himself on multiple victims; a stolen laptop; shady private investigators; and a cast of characters straight off MTV or another Redstone cable channel. Mixing tight financial reporting with soap-operatic twists and turns, Unscripted makes the amped-up historical fiction of Babylon feel downright chaste by comparison . . . Media insiders and those who followed the Redstone saga will eat this reporting--and some of the other, more comical twists that populate the book--up . . . Unscripted delivers the good." -- The Washington Post "A deeply reported account . . . The story, whose contours would be familiar to fans of the HBO series Succession , stands as a real-life warning to other family dynasties led by powerful founders . . . a masterful job." -- Financial Times "The book is a page-turner--an over-the-top tale of money, power, sex, and relentless scheming to wrest billions away from an old man who in his final years seems to have lost the capacity for just about anything except sex." -- Fortune "A must-read . . . A bombshell new book from two Pulitzer winners reveals some truly shocking storylines within the real-life Succession drama that is the Paramount media empire . . . Abrams, a New York Times investigative reporter, and Stewart, a Times business columnist have written a jaw-dropping yarn." -- Daily Beast "In this riveting, Succesion-esque tale of the fight for control of Paramount Global, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams weave together a lawsuit, familial conflict, and the lurking Les Moonves." -- Vanity Fair "Blockbuster reporting." -- New York Times "While we're waiting for Succession to come back to the small screen, this new biography of the Redstone family should scratch any lingering itch to learn more about the inner workings of a rich, powerful, and very complicated family." -- Town & Country, "In this riveting, Succesion-esque tale of the fight for control of Paramount Global, James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams weave together a lawsuit, familial conflict, and the lurking Les Moonves." -- Vanity Fair "Blockbuster reporting." -- New York Times "While we're waiting for Succession to come back to the small screen, this new biography of the Redstone family should scratch any lingering itch to learn more about the inner workings of a rich, powerful, and very complicated family." -- Town & Country
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