| Author | DeGeorge, Gail.
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| Title | The making of a blockbuster : how Wayne Huizenga built a sports and entertainment empire from trash, grit, and videotape / Gail DeGeorge.
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| Published | New York : John Wiley, c1996.
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| Description | xiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-471-12269-6 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-342) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: "One man's trash": building a garbage kingdom -- Garbage into gold: the early waste management years -- Waste management: regulatory woes and industry triumphs -- Wayne's companies after waste management: toliets, lawns, bugs, and water -- Video venture: taking charge of Blockbuster -- Fast forward: building the Blockbuster management team -- Deal du jour: Blockbuster in turbulence -- Sports Inc.: stadium seats and a baseball team -- Sports tycoon: hockey, football, and a game plan -- Viacom: the deal from heal -- After Blockbuster: what's next.
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| Subjects | Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation.
Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
Huizenga, Wayne.
Refuse disposal industry -- United States.
Sports team owners -- United States -- Biography.
Viacom International.
Video recordings industry -- United States.
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| LC Card Number | 95-41880//r97 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HC 102.5 H911 D31
mq126046: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69725] |
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