Read All About It - Hardcover

Squires, James D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812921011 ISBN 13: 9780812921014

Publisher: Crown, 1993

Synopsis

A look at how the owners of American newspapers have sacrificed journalistic ideals for profit shows how journalism has become the province of large corporations that care more about private profit than about public debate. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"A thoroughly welcomed screed against bloodless avarice in the newspaper business."--Newsweek

From Library Journal:

Squires was the media spokesman for the first part of Ross Perot's bid for the presidency. But for nearly 30 years until late 1989, he was on the other side of the fence, including editorships of the Chicago Tribune and the Orlando Sentinel. Ultimately, this is the story of why he's no longer an editor, despite his enviable accomplishments. Using his career as a framework, Squires chronicles the transformation of newspapers in the corporate world. He rattles off advertising, circulation, and profit numbers and sketches several candid and unflattering portraits of newspaper executives, mainly colleagues at the Tribune Company. You will learn why that corporation's purchase of the Chicago Cubs caused an uproar in the newsroom and just what is the "dirty little secret" of the newspaper business. A worthy companion to Ben Bagdikian's The Media Monopoly (Beacon, 1990. 3d ed.; a fourth edition is scheduled for 1993), this is recommended for journalism and media collections.
- Bruce Rosenstein, "USA Today" Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0812921011
• ISBN 13: 9780812921014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244