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In All His Glory: The Life and Times of William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting

August 4, 2013

This is a long (at slightly over 600 pages), but very readable expose of the life of CBS mogul William S. Paley. As the author states at the outset he was a very complicated man filled with contradictions.

We follow him as he raised CBS to be a nationwide radio enterprise and then make the transition to TV. In this Paley was less innovator and much more a juggling entrepreneur – listening too and balancing several ideas before finally taking the plunge. Inevitably, much to the annoyance of his business associates, he would usually take the credit for the success of various operations which were initiated by others. And woe to those who were even mildly involved in a less than successful business activity. Even if Paley was warned beforehand of the dubious nature of the project, he would search for, and blame, the necessary scapegoats.

Reading through the book can be at times like an episode of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” with lists of jewellery, furniture and oth

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In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle

Sally Bedell Smith. Simon & Schuster, $29.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-61735-6

A big, riveting biography of William Paley, the Chicago cigarmaker's son who built the CBS television empire and reigned as its chairman until 1983, this blockbuster tears away the layers of self-aggrandizing mythology Paley has woven about himself. Former New York Times media reporter Smith presents an often unflattering but never malicious portrait of Paley, now 88, as a cold, power-hungry, insecure narcissist, a ``compulsive womanizer'' and tyrannical paterfamilias who ``tolerated'' his six children. Ambivalent about his Jewish origins, Paley equated ``WASP acceptance with success.'' According to Smith, the free-swinging tycoon was dictatorial and controlling with worldly first wife Dorothy Hart Hearst; his second wife, Barbara Cushing Mortimer, ``devoted her life to creating a perfect world'' for her demanding, ever-unfaithful husband. Packed with revelations, rich in radio and TV lore, sprinkled with intrig

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William S. Paley

American television executive (1901–1990)

This article is about the broadcasting executive. For the philosopher, see William Paley. For the filmmaker, see William C. Paley.

William S. Paley
Paley in 1939
Born	William Samuel Paley (1901-09-28)September 28, 1901 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 26, 1990(1990-10-26) (aged 89) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Television executive
Known for	President of CBS
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Dorothy Hart Hearst (m. 1932; div. 1947)
Children	4
Awards	Carlos Manuel de Cespedes National Order of Merit of Cuba

William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990)^[1] was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and t