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In 2000, after the Tribune Company acquired Times Mirror Corporation, it comprised the most powerful collection of newspapers in the world. How then did Tribune nosedive into bankruptcy and public scandal? In The Deal From Hell , veteran Tribune and Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea takes us behind the scenes of the decisions that led to disaster in boardrooms and newsrooms from coast to coast, based on access to key players, court testimony, and sworn depositions. The Deal From Hell is a riveting narrative that chronicles how news industry executives and editors- convinced they were acting in the best interests of their publications- made a series of flawed decisions that endangered journalistic credibility and drove the newspapers, already confronting a perfect storm of political, technological, economic, and social turmoil, to the brink of extinction.

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Author:   James O'Shea
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.637kg
ISBN:  

9781586487911

ISBN 10:   1586487914
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   28 June 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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<p> Kirkus , June 1, 2011<br> Numerous books have covered endangered daily newspapers, but few relate the sad saga from the perspective of a top editor with investigative reporting experience... Given O'Shea's level of detail and candor, some journalism icons will almost surely lose respect within their field...A spirited, fascinating insider's account of a troubled realm. <p> New Statesman , January 7, 2011<br> This book is a passionate and heavily researched account of the case against the cyber-utopians.

<p> Kirkus, June 1, 2011<br> Numerous books have covered endangered daily newspapers, but few relate the sad saga from the perspective of a top editor with investigative reporting experience... Given O'Shea's level of detail and candor, some journalism icons will almost surely lose respect within their field...A spirited, fascinating insider's account of a troubled realm. <p> New Statesman, January 7, 2011<br> This book is a passionate and heavily researched account of the case against the cyber-utopians. The Chicago Reader, Michael Miner, June 17, 2011<br> The insider's tale O'Shea tells is that of an epic business disaster, placed in the context of the whole industry driving itself off a cliff...I'm 50 pages in and riveted. I expect to stay that way The Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Sneed, June 19, 2011<br> Loaded with Tribune Tower mayhem and monkeyshines, bankruptcy testimony, sexual innuendo, triggered security alarms, and a hysterical Tribune terrace escapade involving

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James O'Shea, once managing editor of The Chicago Tribune and editor of the The Los Angeles Times, was most recently CEO and editor-in-chief of the Chicago News Cooperative. The author of two acclaimed books, O'Shea was a Shorenstein Fellow at the Kennedy School of Harvard in 2009.

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