{"product_id":"backstory-ken-auletta-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143034634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143034636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 88","brand":"Ken Auletta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110620647679,"sku":"9780143034636","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eeeeea36-12cd-4d78-9460-9064225bca42.jpg?v=1725469300","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/backstory-ken-auletta-9780143034636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}