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Walter Isaacson
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Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson, the CEO of the Aspen Institute, has been chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He lives in Washington, DC.

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Steve Jobs will be released on September 10, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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The Wise Men will be released on June 04, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jun 04, 2013
The Wise Men is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 04, 2013
Kissinger will be released on May 21, 2013 in eBook
May 21, 2013
Kissinger is now available in eBook
May 21, 2013
Audio Excerpt:
Einstein
Feb 23, 2013
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Steve Jobs
Jan 24, 2013
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Benjamin Franklin
Aug 30, 2012
The Wise Men will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover
May 08, 2012
The Wise Men is now available in Hardcover
May 08, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 12, 2012
The Wise Men is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 28, 2012
The Wise Men will be released on February 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 28, 2012
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The Fiscal Times, June 5, 2013
...anyway.” Those words from Apple’s late founder, Steve Jobs, spoken to publishers and quoted by Jobs’ biographer, Walter Isaacson, are coming back to haunt the company some four years after they were uttered. The negotiations between Apple...
The Week Magazine, June 5, 2013
...market at $12.99 and $14.99," Jobs wrote. Prosecutors are also pointing to an excerpt in Walter Isaacson's biography in which Steve Jobs is quoted as saying, "We told the publishers, 'We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price and we get...
Mac Daily News, June 4, 2013
...His email messages to other executives at Apple and in the publishing industry, and his comments to biographer Walter Isaacson and others, have been gathered up by the agency and offered up as proof of a conspiracy in which he was allegedly ‘the chief...
Fortune, June 4, 2013
...Apple's point man in the negotiations, and trotted out the by now familiar Steve Jobs quote from Walter Isaacson's biography: "Amazon screwed it up. It paid the wholesale price for some books, but started selling them below cost at $9.99. The publishers...
All Things D, June 4, 2013
...Apple. His e-mail messages to other executives at Apple and in the publishing industry, his comments to biographer Walter Isaacson and others, have been gathered up by the agency and offered up as proof of a conspiracy in which he was allegedly “the...
Time, June 4, 2013
...s late CEO Steve Jobs described the company’s strategy in a now infamous quote that appeared in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs: "We told the publishers, ‘We’ll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30%, and yes, the...
News Track India, June 4, 2013
...pathway to higher retail prices industry-wide. It also citied a passage from an authorised biography of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, which it said proved that Apple had sought to inflate prices. The five publishers who were accused by the government of...
EIN News, June 11, 2013
...Force to help jump start a national conversation about the relationship between learning and the web," said Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "We need to understand what we can do as parents, policy makers and professionals to...
AdvisorOne, June 10, 2013
...an advisor’s business is like. That was far from the case on Friday morning as noted biographer Walter Isaacson and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (left) addressed a healthily sized remnant of the 1,400 attendees at Pershing’s annual...
The Aspen Business Journal, June 10, 2013
...including Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, on their priorities, issues, and successes. Moderated by Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson. Fee: $20. U.S. Air Force's Role in US Security with Air Force Chief of Staff Mark A. Welsh III ...
SPi World News, June 10, 2013
...Force to help jump start a national conversation about the relationship between learning and the web," said Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "We need to understand what we can do as parents, policy makers and professionals to...
Test & Measurement International Report, June 10, 2013
...Force to help jump start a national conversation about the relationship between learning and the web," said Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "We need to understand what we can do as parents, policy makers and professionals to...
EE Times, June 10, 2013
...Force to help jump start a national conversation about the relationship between learning and the web," said Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "We need to understand what we can do as parents, policy makers and professionals to...
Freshnews.com, June 10, 2013
...Force to help jump start a national conversation about the relationship between learning and the web," said Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "We need to understand what we can do as parents, policy makers and professionals to...