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  • The Deal from Hell

  • How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers
  • Written by: James O'Shea
  • Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
  • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins

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The Deal from Hell

Written by: James O'Shea
Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
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Publisher's Summary

In 2000, after the Tribune Company acquired Times Mirror Corporation, it owned 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.

©2011 James O'Shea (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
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  • Categories: History

What the critics say

"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." (Kirkus Reviews)
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