With new memoir, Tom Freston hopes to show young people there are multiple paths to success

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"Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the formative days of MTV and his celebrity encounters Bono would merit a few chapters on his own. Ultimately, though, Freston feels that his life has a more valuable lesson to offer. His memoir, Unplugged, shows by example that trying to follow a straight line to success is not the only path."

The Independent covers major issues including reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech with reporters sent to developing stories and investigative projects such as financial inquiries into political PACs and documentaries spotlighting activists. Donations enable continued on-the-ground journalism and the outlet maintains paywall-free access, funded by those who can afford to contribute. Tom Freston, aged 80, chronicles an unconventional media career in his memoir Unplugged, recounting leadership roles at MTV and Viacom, an ouster in 2006, subsequent freelance advising, a business return in Afghanistan, and long-term chairmanship of the ONE Campaign with Bono. Freston's style is described as improvisational and restless.

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