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The deal from hell : how moguls and Wall Street plundered great American newspapers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Shea, James (James E.)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
O'Shea, James > (James E.)
Los Angeles times > History > 21st century.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Newspaper editors > United States > Biography.
Newspaper publishing > California > Los Angeles > History > 21st century.
American newspapers > Ownership.
Press monopolies > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the merger
  • Beginnings : Des Moines
  • Across the street
  • Otis Chandler's legacy
  • Twilight
  • The new order
  • The cereal killer
  • His seat on the dais
  • Inside the merger
  • Making news
  • A changing landscape
  • Market-driven journalism
  • Buy the numbers
  • Count Kern
  • Civil war
  • Up against a saint and a dead man
  • Before the fall
  • The penguin parable
  • Closing the deal
  • Zell hell
  • Epilogue.