The master switch: the rise and fall of information empires

The rise. The disruptive founder ; Radio dreams ; Mr. Vail is a big man ; The time is not ripe for feature films ; Centralize all radio activities ; The Paramount ideal

Beneath the All-seeing Eye. The foreign attachment ; The legion of decency ; FM radio ; We now add sight to sound

The rebels, the challengers, and the fall. The right kind of breakup ; The radicalism of the Internet revolution ; Nixon's cable ; Broken Bell ; Esperanto for machines

Reborn without a soul. Turner does television ; Mass production of the spirit ; The return of AT&T

The Internet against everyone. A surprising wreck ; Father and son ; The separations principle.