Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering

Bys: Roberts, Gene and Kunkel, Thomas

Book Overview

Nobody was reporting on the changes in the newspaper industry as the chains were becoming larger and more dominant, owning 80% of the nearly 1,500 newspapers in the US. In the middle 1990s,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557287090
• ISBN13: 9781557287090
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Essential reading for aspiring journalists

Leaving The Reader Behind: The Age Of Corporate Newspapering surveys a generation of relentless "corporatization" that has radically transformed journalism and newspaper publishing. Unprecedented in the 300 year history of American newspapers, the blitz of buying, selling, and consolidation of newspapers has effected the industry from small town weeklies to the nationally renowned dailies. Gene Roberts (an immensely respected newspaper reporter and editor) has provided the reader with a unique and documented history that is as engaging as it is informative. Leaving The Reader Behind is essential reading for aspiring journalists and students of American newspaper publishing.