What I Learned When I Almost Died - How a Maniac TV Producer Put Down His Blackberry and Started to Live

The executive producer of Morning Joe recounts how his high-pressure career was almost halted by a brain aneurysm that nearly ended his life, describing his emergency-room experiences and the lessons that caused him to rededicate himself to his job and his family. 75,000 first printing.

About the author

Chris Licht is the recently appointed chairman and CEO of CNN Global. Previously the executive producer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Licht was also vice president of programming at CBS News and the executive producer of CBS This Morning. Licht has also been the co-creator and original executive producer of Morning Joe--the popular daily morning show on MSNBC hosted by Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Willie Geist--as well as the executive producer on Scarborough Country. He lives in Manhattan with his family.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Licht, Licht Chris
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2014
• EAN: 9781476787954
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-8795-4
• No. of pages: 165
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 178 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs