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    Stealing Time : Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner

    • Stealing Time tells us about Steve Case's personality quirks, but it doesn't look at the business context to tell us if he was a flawed genius or a lucky flake
    • The former Time Warner CEO comes off as a complex and troubled leader and I love the image of him getting out of his limo in his old neighborhood to ponder life
    • Overall, "Stealing Time" has established a standard for reporting on AOL and the AOL Time Warner merger that will be hard to top
    • Stealing Time does, however, and I highly recommend the book to you
    • When the book focuses on those parts of the story, Stealing Time is riveting reading
    • A review of Simon Schuster's new book, "Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner," by Alec KleinFirst, I must issue the following disclaimer: I am the "aging flower child" in Mr. Klein's new book, entitled "Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner
    • Stealing Time gives us the personalities and boardroom maneuvers, but no context to know if thie was a tragedy of missed opportunities or simply a comedy of errors
    • As I finished the book my reaction was that AOL was a fast talking sharpie that took advantage of an incredibly naive Time Warner.
    • Stealing Time provides a lot of details on the individuals involved in the AOL Time Warner merger, but no business perspective
    • So if you are interested in the clash of personalities, Stealing Time has some good material, but if you are interested in why AOL was successful and why AOL Time Warner was not, this book doesn't have anything to say.
    • Stealing Time does, however, and I highly recommend the book to you
    • The AOL Time Warner merger was severely troubled
    • This is abundantly clear in "Stealing Time," the not always balanced story of the AOL Time Warner merger and the subsequent problems
    • My record reading time is a product of the tantalizing story in "Stealing Time".
    • While the book raises the obvious question when did Steve Case and his minions know that the AOL was slowing down, it doesn't offer much in the way of capturing how Time was duped into accepting AOL.