paley. he appears in the unfinished novel that truman capote was writing, "unanswered prayers," in a most unfortunate light, but i have no idea whether that's absolutely true or is something that truman ca capote invented. she included my uncle alex and

it's paley who links it permanently to advertising. the only business in the country supported entirely by advertising. somebody wrote him a letter and said i'm getting this great entertainment, great music, who do i pay. nobody. paid for by advertising. and paley then hooks up with duke ellington. in 1928, he signs up washington, d.c.'s duke ellington who had been pling for the midtown club right here, club kentucky. and what happened was, up at the cotton club, they had another act. and -- up in harlem. this is all black entertainment, all white audience. his agents, ellington's agents found out there was an opening right around the christmas season. the band leader had suddenly died. so he got ellington an audition there. the club is owned by madden. and the agent is irving mills, one of the great music agents in the country here. and madden wanted ellington. here's how he got him. ellington had a contract to go out on the road for the christmas season. he found out, madden did, that ellington was in philly. so he sent word to a phi

it's paley who links it permanently to advertising. the only business in the country supported entirely by advertising. somebody wrote him a letter and said i'm getting this great entertainment, great music, who do i pay. pay nobody. paid for by advertising. and paley then hooks up with duke ellington. in 1928, he signs up washington, d.c.'s duke ellington who had been playing for the midtown club right here, club kentucky. and what happened was, up at the cotton club, they had another act. and -- up in harlem. of course, this is all black entertainment, all white audience. his agent, ellington's agent, found out there was an opening right around the christmas season. the band leader had suddenly died. so he got ellington an audition there. the club, guess what, is owned by madden. the agent is irving mills, one of the great music agents in the country here. and madden wanted ellington. here's how he got him. ellington had a contract to go out on the road for the christmas season. he found out, madden did, that ellington was in philly.

but it's paley who lynnings radio to advertising. the only business supported entirely by advertising. somebody wrote a letter saying i'm getting great entertainment, great music, who do i pay? nobody. it's paid for by advertising. paley hooks up then. 1928, he signs up washington, d.c.'s duke ellington who had been playing in a downtown club here called the club kentucky. what happened was up at the cotton club, they had another act. up in harlem. of course, this is an all black entertainment, all white audience. his agent, ellington's agent found out there was an opening around christmas season. the band leader suddenly died. he got ellington an audition there. the club, guess what? is owned by mac. the agent, by the way is irving mills, a great music agent in the country. madden wanted ellington. here is how he got him. he had a contract to go out on the road for the christmas season. he found out, madden did, that ellington was in philly. he sent work to a philly boss called boo boo huff. boo boo sent out a boy and talked to a gu

that goes against paley's wishes. >> you're kind of telling her like, no, you need to get off my property and she is like, hello, no this is mine. >> the civil defense agency here on the big island says it is expensive and impractical to build walls or barriers to try and divert the lava with no real guarantee it will work. it's never been done before on a large scale. kpix 5. >>> republican haves a shot of taking control of the u.s. senate in tomorrow's midterm elections. >> including 6 that are currently in democrat's hands. the outcome will have a major impact on president's obama final 2 years in the white house. >>> perhaps the closest race in the bay area is in the 17th district. he is running for his eighth term. his challenger used to work in president obama's commerce department. he is defending recent negative campaign ads. >>> people need to know who is helping and what kind of money is behind him. >> they want to know. >> right after the june primary, they had a 20 -point lead, they show they are in a statistical dead heat. >>> 3 teenagers killed while trick or treating, now p

42nd street and in this year, 1927 when the french building was completed, david sarnoff and david paley founded nbc and cbs and the radio went national and grand central station had been completed in 1913, but the period that i'm talking about when it reaches its takeoff phase was in 1927 and a loot of the book centers on that year and this is 1927, the year lindberg, for example, returned from his solo flight from roosevelt field on long island to paris and he triumphantly returns to new york city where almost 4 million people crowded the streets to see it and it's also in 1927 that -- oops, i hit the wrong button and the tempo of the city changed dramatically, the parties were bigger in 1927, the liquor was cheaper and the jazz raced on under it's own power full of money. man, i wish i could have written that. and new york then is in this year and in this decade in the vanguard of cultural and technological transformations that would make the 20th century and make new york the quintessential city of 20th century. what was happening here? i mentioned the rise the commercial radio and t

they knew it was coming, then they laid down in front of cars, william paley's car in new york, my car in l a and carried on but the american people, what the american people don't have is the information they need to be the citizens they ache to be and the encouragement along those lines to be the citizens. >> thank you. would you like to have are there ever reruns of "all in the family" any more? >> people tell me about them all the time. i don't know where to find them but there are. >> two comments and one question. the first comment is i want to say you are a big legend that the school. hats off to you, king leer. the second comment is i got to tell you i have great memories of hanging out with my family and watching "all in the family". we lost damage we watched a lot of television and your program we watched because it had a lot of messages, hate and bigotry were utterly ridiculous, we would all gather around, there was the one episode where edith almost got raped and there with five girls in our family said that was important to my mother. the question i have is when did you ha

over the years i just was finishing up the biography of william paley i have not heard him mention to have a right to know what you thought about him and also the late richard holbrooke wife who had written about the hong carian revolution. your family is mentioned quite a bit in her books. >> guest: i don't think i ever met him. he was a great man. he appears in the unfinished novel that truman capote was writing. but i have no idea if that is true or not. but kathy is a very good friend i ever great admirer of her book she did great justice to my a uncle alex. and she and i were both awarded the order of the merits of hungry. from the embassy in new york mr. korda the next call is from houston. >> caller: i am very much enjoying the interview. my question refers to a statement you made that had to do with the publishing industry that has not really changed that much. would you agree the burden has been placed on the author now for self-promotion and i am talking about the newly published author with the expectation that most of the marketing to come from the author? as opposed to it

over the years i just was finishing up the biography of william paley i have not heard him mention toght to know what you thought about him and also the late richard holbrooke wife who had written about the hong carian revolution. your family is mentioned quite a bit in her books. >> guest: i don't think i ever met him. he was a great man. he appears in the unfinished novel that truman capote was writing. but i have no idea if that is true or not. but kathy is a very good friend i ever great admirer of her book she did great justice to my a uncle alex. and she and i were both awarded the order of the merits of hungry. from the embassy in new york mr. korda the next call is from houston. >> caller: i am very much enjoying the interview. my question refers to a statement you made that had to do with the publishing industry that has not really changed that much. would you agree the burden has been placed on the author now for self-promotion and i am talking about the newly published author with the expectation that most of the marketing to come from the author? as opposed to it in the pa

paley.shed novel that truman capote was writing, "unanswered prayers," in a most unfortunate light, but i have no idea whether that's absolutely true or is something that truman ca capote invented. she included my uncle alex and did him great justice, i thought. wonderful book. and she and i were both together awarded the order of merit of the republic of hung agy at the embassy in new york. so i think of her as a comrade in arms. >> host: michael korda, the next call is sam in houston. sam? >> caller: yes. >> host: hi. >> caller: yeah, hi. mr. korda, i'm very much enjoying the interview. and my question refers to a statement you made maybe half an hour ago that had to do with publishing industry has not really changed that much. and wouldn't you agree the burden that's been placed on the author now for self-promotion and doing -- i'm talking about the newly-published author with the expectation that most of the marketing to come from the author as opposed to perhaps in the past when there w