A Michael Wolff yarn about an overreaching media baron isalways a treat, and today’s feature documenting Jeff Zucker's quest to build himself a media empire after being forced out at CNN in 2022 is no exception. Despite a dismal business climate, Zucker found financial backers in the immensely wealthy ruling family of the United Arab Emirates, and he found a property for sale in the U.K.'s 169-year-oldDaily Telegraphnewspaper. What could go wrong? Well, a lot. The most ambitious man in media, as Michael describes Zucker, is now stuck in a half-accomplished acquisition of the paper, facing intense backlash from not only his new employees but the entire British government. Will his famous acumen and will to win be enough to get him out of what has become an epic bind?
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