I'm afraid Aaronsw has gone too far. But there is an element of truth here. The men who created the media empires were incredibly aggressive. Many of their b

I'm afraid Aaronsw has gone too far. But there is an element of truth here. The men who created the media empires were incredibly aggressive. Many of their business practices were rooted in organized crime. For instance, Lew Wasserman, creator of MCA and Universal. He inspired terror throughout Los Angeles. No, he was not going to have you killed (despite one minor flirtation with the real mafia) but he could kill your career or your company. Wasserman was every bit a latter-day Genghis Khan. And I think it's true that capitalism directed his energies into making movies rather than building a mountain of skulls. There is an undeniable style difference between MCA/Wasserman and Google/Schmidt.