We Changed the World: Memoirs of a CNN Global Satellite Pioneer

Table of contents

• We Changed the World - Memoirs of a Cnn Global Satellite Pioneer i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Foreword xi
• Introduction xiii
• Prologue xvii
• Chapter One - The Road to Atlanta 1
• Chapter Two - The Demise of a Television Station 10
• Chapter Three - Only a Fool Would Buy a Uhf Station 25
• Chapter Four - Thirty-Nine Employees and a Decrepit Television Facility 35
• Chapter Five - The Miracle That Won the Braves, Hawks, and Flames 44
• Chapter Six - Tactics, Tantrums, and Triumphs 51
• Chapter Seven - Global Television Equals Endless Horizons 60
• Chapter Eight - Superstation Growing Pains 68
• Chapter Nine - Cnn is Born 80
• Chapter Ten - Cnn International's Flame is Lit 91
• Chapter Eleven - American Business Guru Visits Japan 114
• Chapter Twelve - The [Underdog] and Other Concepts 120
• Chapter Thirteen - A Global Satellite System—on the Cheap 135
• Chapter Fourteen - Encountering Opposition in a Chinese Democracy 152
• Chapter Fifteen - Cultivating the Asian Connection 159
• Chapter Sixteen - Climbing Over the Great Wall 174
• Chapter Seventeen - The Battle of Guam 181
• Chapter Eighteen - Perseverance and Patience Pay Off 198
• Chapter Ninetteen - South America-The Hard Way 207
• Chapter Twenty - Expanding in All Directions 223
• Chapter Twenty-One - African Adventures, Chinese Checkers, and Other Games 232
• Chapter Twenty-Two - Success Can Become a Target 242
• Chapter Twenty-Three - Mapping the First Magellan Trip 250
• Chapter Twenty-Four - Africa Opens Its Doors 263
• Chapter Twenty-Five - Indian Intransigence and Other Hurdles 270
• Chapter Twenty-Six - Ted Twirls a Lasso—only to Be Lassoed 278
• Chapter Twenty-Seven - Cnn Replaces the [Drum] in Africa 294
• Chapter Twenty-Eight - Panamsat and Rene Anselmo 304
• Chapter Twenty-Nine - Cnn's Vital Link: Africa and Turning to the Soviet Union for Satellite Help 326
• Chapter Thirty - Complications and Tian an Men Square 335
• Chapter Thirty-One - Sheiks and Satellites 344
• Chapter Thirty-Two - Gulf Revisited and Meeting a Satellite Visionary 354
• Chapter Thirty-Three - Gulf War Puts Cnn in Spotlight 367
• Chapter Thirty-Four - The Management Shuffle and Other Dance Steps 381
• Chapter Thirty-Five - Joint Ventures and Adventures in Russia and Eastern Europe 392
• Chapter Thirty-Six - Mixed Signals and Missed Opportunities 401
• Chapter Thirty-Seven - Czechmate and Other Chess Moves 414
• Chapter Thirty-Eight - Russian Roulette 424
• Chapter Thirty-Nine - Executive Decisions and Other Crimes 437
• Chapter Forty - Project: Meltdown 444
• Epilogue 455
• List of Acronyms 466
• Index 473

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