This study is based on 200 interviews with senior British newspaper people in the 1990s. The author makes illuminating comparisons between Fleet Street of the 1960s and the 1990s. He argues that newspapers rather than television define political crises and severely wound Prime Ministers; that the broadsheets have increasingly regarded finance as the new core of serious journalism; and that the tabloids have redefined the British monarchy as soap opera. He also analyzes the control over policy-making for the press, ...
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This study is based on 200 interviews with senior British newspaper people in the 1990s. The author makes illuminating comparisons between Fleet Street of the 1960s and the 1990s. He argues that newspapers rather than television define political crises and severely wound Prime Ministers; that the broadsheets have increasingly regarded finance as the new core of serious journalism; and that the tabloids have redefined the British monarchy as soap opera. He also analyzes the control over policy-making for the press, broadcasting, and cross-media ownership, which is exercised by the Prime Minister in consultation with the press.
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Good Condition. No dust jacket. All pages unmarked and uncreased. Otherwise in very good used condition. Publisher's note: This book examines British national newspapers after the 1986 Death of Fleet Street triggered by Rupert Murdoch. Since then competition has intensified with more titles, fatter papers, more sections, and aggressive marketing. All areas of journalism--from sport to politics--have been transformed. A star system has developed for columnist and there is now a bigger and more powerful top echelon of senior executives, star writers, and section heads. The Editor has taken on a newly dominant role as impresario and entrepreneur. Size: 21 x 13 x 3.1 cm. xi, 441 pp. Category: Press and politics; Great Britain; Government and the press; English newspapers; 10.62; ISBN: 0198711328. Add. Inventory No: 210328TRW014021.
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As New in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. About British newspaper & their power, it involves ranking individuals, organizations, & issues worthy or unworthy of coverage., nice clean text, charts, graphs, plastic protective dj, 441pp. w/index.
