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The Master Switch

The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Tim Wu

Explore the history of the American information industry and discover how each new medium became dominated by monopolies and cartels. From the telephone to radio to film, each industry was once open and chaotic, inhabited by entrepreneurs and utopians. But will the same fate befall the Internet? In "The Master Switch," Tim Wu examines the strategic maneuvers of today’s information giants, Apple, Google, and an eerily resurgent AT&T. He warns that a battle royale for the Internet’s future is brewing, and this is one war we dare not tune out.
Publish Date
2010-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
2010-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.89
ISBN
9780307390998
Recommendations
4
Recommendations
2017-04-10T23:26:47.000Z
@MikeDrewWhat @pareene @brianbeutler Tim Wu's book The Master Switch is amazing about how much a recurring pattern this is.      source
2022-01-08T02:13:36.000Z
I do agree that all networks tend toward centralization over time. Great book on this      source
2018-08-24T19:13:34.000Z
Now starting the section now these information empires eventually got dismantled, by the internet, cable, and the government antitrust efforts on the 1950s! Awesome book so far      source
2020-10-24T12:02:17.000Z
@deepakabbot Would recommend reading this for tug of war between government and communications monopolies over the past century. The Master Switch by @superwuster      source