Download or read book When My Boss Calls, Get the Name written by Howard Berk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his business memoir, When My Boss Calls, Get the Name, Howard Berk shares the excitement of surviving and thriving in a corporate world transformed by takeovers, leveraged buyouts, mergers, and acquisitions. With warmth and insight, he depicts the differing styles of the high-profile executives he reported to as they went through the constantly revolving door of management, and he reflects on what he learned from them. Follow the author's evolving career in the broadcasting industry, from the early days of radio to cable television and new media. See "the vice president in charge of everything" become a key participant in the 1973 modernization of Yankee Stadium, which kept the franchise in New York. Watch him help develop licensing and merchandising for the highly competitive and volatile business end of sports and entertainment. At the same time, enjoy his humorous anecdotes about the famous and glamorous figures he met along the way, including Thomas Mitchell, Samuel Goldwyn, Jack Benny, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Gleason, and a host of Miss Americas.