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Abel, John, 191 n see also News Corporation
advertising and marketing, 140, 149, International, Rupert
157n, 179-82, 184-5, 189n, Murdoch
191 n, 195 Bundy, McGeorge, 68n
Aetna, 60 Burch, Dean, 57, 72n
see also Satellite Business Systems Bush, George/Bush
Algeria, 135 administration, 190 n, 194
Alpert, Michael, 191 n Business Roundtable, 127 n
American Broadcasting Company Butler, Richard, 135--6, 147
(ABC), 49, 55, 68 n, 71 n
American Express, 118, 121, 127n, Cable News Network (CNN), 125 n
128n, 136 Cable & Wireless, 159 n
American Screen Actors Guild, 71 n Canada, 52, 85, 89, 110, 119, 146,
American Telephone and Telegraph 157n
Company (AT&T), 5, 9-10, 20, Canada-United States Free Trade
43, 44-5, 46-51, 53--61, 64, 65, Agreement, 127n, 141, 156n
71 n, 72n, 98, 109, 110, 116, 119, see also North American Free
126n, 131, 134-6, 144, 152-3n, Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
162, 163, 166, 176, 178, 182, 185, Canal Plus, 5, 182, 184
186, 187 n, 198 Carter, Jimmy/Carter
divestiture of, 131, 132, 152-3n, administration, 56, 93, 114-5,
161-3, 185 122, 196
Astra, 166, 172, 174, 175, 182, 207 Columbia Broadcasting System
Attaway, Fritz, 169, 189n (CBS), 57, 62, 63, 71 n, 73 n,
190n
Baldridge, Malcolm, 122 Chase Manhattan Bank, 72 n
BBDO Worldwide, 179, 184, 192n Chile, 81
Bell Atlantic, 153 n, 187 n Citicorp, 164, 177
Bell South, 153 n class, concept of/relations, 27, 31,
Bertelsmann, 5, 182 34, 36, 200, 201, 205, 206,
Blatherwick, David, 82 208-09, 212n
Boeing, vii Clinton, Bill/Clinton
Bortnik, Jane, 120, 161-2, 173 administration, 4, 146, 164, 203
Bower, Vinton, 182 Cohen, Robert B., 190-1 n
Braman, Sandra, 157 n Cold War, vii, 78, 91, 106n, 150,
Brazil, 80-1, 89-90, 104n, 139, 190n
142 the New Cold War, 96, 97
Bretton Woods, 93 policies of 'containment' and
British Broadcasting Corporation 'enlargement', vii
(BBC), 183 see also Soviet Union
British Telecom, 5, 182, 185 Colombia, 142
Brownlee, Dennis, 172 Communications Satellite
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 115 Corporation (Comsat/
BSkyB, 4, 166, 172 COMSAT), 20, 46-51, 53, 55,

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