Remembering Jerry Levin, The Thoughtful Visionary Who Flubbed His Biggest Deal And Cut A Different Figure Than Brash Media Rivals

Gerald Levin, known to many as Jerry, wasn’t flamboyant. He wasn’t characterized, as were many of his media business contemporaries, by extravagant hobbies, odd peccadillos, inspiring speeches or a spicy personal life. He could be testy, but he didn’t engage in public brawls beloved by – and between – Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch. Levin, …