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New York City-based writer and editor James Ledbetter was formally editor-in-chief of Reuters.com. He joined the online publication Slate, where he was in charge of the Big Money business news website. Ledbetter formerly worked for the financial news website CNNMoney.com before joining Slate. He was a former senior editor of Time Magazine, The Industry Standard and staff writer for The Village Voice in addition to Slate and CNNmoney.com. Other US periodicals where his writing has appeared include The Washington Post, The Nation, Mother Jones, Vibe, Newsday and The American Prospect.
Unwarranted Influence: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military-Industrial Complex, written by Ledbetter, was released by Yale University Press. Penguin Classics released his earlier work, Dispatches for the New York Tribune: Selected Journalism of Karl Marx in the UK and the US. Ledbetter is also the author of Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States and Starving to Death on $200 Million: The Short, Absurd Life of The Industry Standard.
One Nation Under Gold, Ledbetter's most recent book, was just released by Liveright Press. Ralph Benko, a reviewer for Forbes Magazine, praised the book as "wildly amusing as well as informative"..

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Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Jim Ledbetter in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Jim Ledbetter or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Jim Ledbetter's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Jim Ledbetter for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Jim Ledbetter, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Jim Ledbetter. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Jim Ledbetter booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Jim Ledbetter for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Jim Ledbetter booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Jim Ledbetter charge for an event. An example fee to book Jim Ledbetter is in the starting range of $15,000-$24,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Jim Ledbetter agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Jim Ledbetter manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Jim Ledbetter for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Jim Ledbetter agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Jim Ledbetter, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Jim Ledbetter booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Jim Ledbetter, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
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