Who Killed Cbs?: The Undoing of America's Number One News Network

By Peter J. Boyer

Book Overview

A dramatic, savvy, and highly entertaining look at the fallen network giant that left the critics raving and CBS raving mad. From boardroom to control room, Peter Boyer reveals the events that dethroned a giant. (An) unputdownable real-life business yarn.--Booklist.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312915314
• ISBN13: 9780312915315
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

The trouble with network news

"Who Killed CBS" is a dated but still relevant expose of how the network which was once unsurpassed for the quality of its news division sunk during the 1970s and 1980s to the depths of mediocrity. How the modern evening news came to resemble tabloid shows like "A Current Affair" and "Hard Copy" is plainly evident in Boyer's descriptions of how CBS executives came increasingly to see television news as "entertainment." As news consumers, we are all worse off for this unfortunate development.