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At last, a book about Google that does not require readers to get in touch with their inner geek. The most important company of the internet era, and the most controversial new media company for a generation has deserved a more accessible account for the general reader. In the hands of Ken Auletta, media writer for The New Yorker magazine, it gets one. * Financial Times * Ken Auletta, one of America's best business journalists, has turned his attention on the firm, with particular reference to the challenges it faces ... superbly reported -- John Lanchester * Observer * This insightful book reinforces the need for old media ... brilliant * The Times * Compelling * The Economist * The story he is telling, and its ramifications, is a narrative which is shaping the era in which we live, and at a frightening pace * Telegraph *

At last, a book about Google that does not require readers to get in touch with their inner geek. The most important company of the internet era, and the most controversial new media company for a generation has deserved a more accessible account for the general reader. In the hands of Ken Auletta, media writer for The New Yorker magazine, it gets one. Financial Times Ken Auletta, one of America's best business journalists, has turned his attention on the firm, with particular reference to the challenges it faces ... superbly reported -- John Lanchester Observer This insightful book reinforces the need for old media ... brilliant The Times Compelling The Economist The story he is telling, and its ramifications, is a narrative which is shaping the era in which we live, and at a frightening pace Telegraph

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Ken Auletta, one of the pre-eminent US-based business journalists of the past thirty years, has written the Annals of Communications column for The New Yorker since 1992. He is the author of ten books, including four US bestsellers- Three Blind Mice- How the TV Networks Lost Their Way; Greed and Glory on Wall Street- The Fall of the House of Lehman and World War 3.0- Microsoft and Its Enemies. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, the agent Amanda Urban.

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