{"product_id":"backstory-inside-the-business-of-news-9780143034636","title":"Backstory: Inside the Business of News","description":"It is said that journalism is a vital public service as well as a business, but more and more it is also said that big media consolidation; noisy, instant opinions on cable and the Internet; and political \"bias\" are making a mockery of such high-minded ideals. In \u003cb\u003eBackstory\u003c\/b\u003e, Ken Auletta explores why one of America's most important industries is also among its most troubled. He travels from the proud \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e, the last outpost of old-school family ownership, whose own personnel problems make headline news, into the depths of New York City's brutal tabloid wars and out across the country to journalism's new wave, chains like the \u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e's, where \"synergy\" is ever more a mantra. He probes the moral ambiguity of \"media personalities\"--journalists who become celebrities themselves, padding their incomes by schmoozing with Imus and rounding the lucrative corporate lecture circuit. He reckons with the legacy of journalism's past and the different prospects for its future, from fallen stars of new media such as Inside.com to the rising star of cable news, Roger Ailes's Fox News. The product of more than ten years covering the news media for \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBackstory\u003c\/b\u003e is Journalism 101 by the course's master teacher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Auletta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.82w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143034636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen Auletta has written the \"Annals of Communications\" column and profiles for \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e since 1992. He is the author of eight books, including \u003cb\u003eThree Blind Mice\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGreed and Glory on Wall Street\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eWorld War 3.0\u003c\/b\u003e. In naming him America's premier media critic, the \u003cb\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/b\u003e said, \"No other reporter has covered the new communications revolution as thoroughly as has Auletta.\" He lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45022629789811,"sku":"9780143034636","price":32.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c1fc70ce-d0d5-4dad-815c-78eb8312a547.jpg?v=1779278555","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/backstory-inside-the-business-of-news-9780143034636","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}