The players ball : a genius, a con man, and the secret history of the Internet's rise
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New York : Simon and Schuster, [2019].
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New York : Simon and Schuster, [2019].
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1904
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In 1994, visionary entrepreneur Gary Kremen used a $2,500 loan to create the first online dating service, Match.com. Only 5 percent of Americans were using the internet at the time, and even fewer were looking online for love. He quickly bought the Sex.com domain too, betting the combination of love and sex would help propel the internet into the mainstream. Imagine Kremen’s surprise when he learned that someone named Stephen Michael Cohen had stolen the rights to Sex.com and was already making millions that Kremen would never see. Thus follows the wild true story of Kremen’s and Cohen’s decade-long battle for control. In The Players Ball, author and journalist David Kushner provides a front seat to these must-read Wild West years online, when innovators and outlaws battled for power and money. This cat-and-mouse game between a genius and a con man changed the way people connect forever, and is key to understanding the rise and future of the online world.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kushner, D. (2019). The players ball: a genius, a con man, and the secret history of the Internet's rise . Simon and Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kushner, David, 1968-. 2019. The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise. Simon and Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kushner, David, 1968-. The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise Simon and Schuster, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kushner, David. The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise Simon and Schuster, 2019.
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