Paper of wreckage

an oral history of the New York Post 1976-2024 the rogues renegades wiseguys wankers and relentless reporters who redefined American media

Paper of wreckage

an oral history of the New York Post 1976-2024 the rogues renegades wiseguys wankers and relentless reporters who redefined American media
Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo
Book - 2024

"By the 1970s, the country's oldest continuously published newspaper had fallen on hard times, just like its nearly bankrupt hometown. When the New York Post was sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch in 1976, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age for the paper. Now, after the nearly fifty years Murdoch has owned the tabloid, American culture reflects what Murdoch first started in the 1970s: a celebrity-focused, noisy, one-sided media empire that reached its zenith with Fox News. Drawing on extensive interviews with key players and in-depth research, this eye-opening, wildly entertaining oral history shows us how we got to this point. It's a rollicking tale full of bad behavior, inflated egos, and a corporate culture that rewarded skirting the rules and breaking norms. But working there was never boring and now, you can discover the entire remarkable true story of America's favorite tabloid newspaper."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mulcahy, Susan (Author), Di Giacomo, Frank (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2024.
Edition:First Atria Books hardcover edition.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Methodology and glossary -- Part I: 1976-1980, invasion. Goodbye, Dolly: Schiff gives up the ship ; Sid Vicious takes over the philharmonic: Murdoch arrives, mayhem ensues ; Summer from hell: the blackout, son of Sam, Steve Dunleavy ; It was obscene! It was fantastic!: Koch, Koch, Koch ; Ravaging beasts: "Sam sleeps," page six, Roy Cohn, Studio 54 ; Severance: editorial exodus, modernization, a strike, Kelvin ; We wrote for the fans: Blackie, Billy, Reggie, George ; What the boss wants: dogs, bikinis, dead mobsters ; Criminal intent: guns, cops, race ; The golden, sodden age of Dunleavy: Steve's sons, epic benders, merry fucking Christmas ; Gutter rats: sports desk slugfests, damned Yankees, the back page -- Part II: 1981-1987, evolution. It's all theater: an Oxford editor, Cindy and Joey, cocaine carnival ; A good measure of ruthlessness: kicking Kennedy, Roy Cohn's cons, Gubernatorial follies ; The page: staff shuffle, bodacious ta-tas, Paul Newman's dressing-down ; Kill the competition: the Post vs. the Daily News ; The loudest voice in the room; headlines and the stories that inspired them ; Art imitates Post: culture, entertainment and a bag of shit ; The wolves of South Street: bad boys on Deadline ; Armpit of the world: life and crime around 210 South Street ; The empire rises: Reagan, AIDS, Murdoch's big move ; Bonfire at 210: a new editor, tabloid TV, Teddy's revenge -- Part III: 1998-1992, interregnum. Enter Kalikow: new owner, new editor, fewer Australians ; A scrappy tabloid doing its job: big scoops, massive debt, Posta nostra ; Who are these nuts?: Amy Fisher, Woody Allen, and Post gets raided-and pillages -- Part IV: 1993-2024, Murdoch 2.0. Rupert's return: union strike-out, South Street move-out, Chinese takeout ; Col Pot: a brazen editor, 9/11, anthrax in the office ; Twenty-First-Century breakdown: Gephardt gaffe, digital fumbles, page six potboiler ; Politics as usual: Pols with penis problems, a pussy grabber runs for president ; Post-mortem -- Post Post. 
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