Paper of wreckage : an oral history of the New York Post, 1976-2024 : the rogues, renegades, wiseguys, wankers, and relentless reporters who redefined American media /
By the 1970s, the country's oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch in 1976, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age for the pa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atria Books,
[2024].
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| Summary: | By the 1970s, the country's oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch in 1976, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age for the paper. Now, after the nearly fifty years Murdoch has owned the tabloid, American culture reflects what Murdoch first started in the 1970s, a celebrity-focused, noisy, one-sided media empire that reached its zenith with Fox News. Drawing on extensive interviews with key players and in-depth research, this eye-opening, wildly entertaining oral history shows us how we got to this point. It's a rollicking tale full of bad behavior, inflated egos and a corporate culture that rewarded skirting the rules and breaking norms. But working there was never boring and now, you can discover the entire remarkable true story of America's favorite tabloid newspaper. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xxiv, 568 pages ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781982164836 1982164832 |