Newspaper Business

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet “An often enthralling chronicle [that] delivers the gossipy goods...

In The Hearsts: Father and Son, William Randolph Hearst, Jr., and co-author Jack Casserly tell the extraordinary story of an American family from the gold-diggings of California to the present Hearst media empire. They also profile a cavalcade of reporters and columnists who became the stars of the Hearst newspapers, and portray the colorful New York nightlife of the 1930s and 1940s.

In one of her escapades as a reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, the renowned Nellie Bly feigned insanity in 1889 and slipped, undercover, behind the grim walls of Blackwell's Island mental asylum. She emerged ten days later with a vivid tale about life in a madhouse. Her asylum articles merged sympathy and sensationalism, highlighting a developing professional identity—that of the American newspaperwoman.

In 2000, after the Tribune Company acquired Times Mirror Corporation, it comprised 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 first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre A Penguin Classic The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other...

As the title suggests, "Mail-Order Bridegroom" is a tongue in cheek answer to the many popular "Mail-Order Bride" books. It is a light, clean Western, that can be enjoyed by the whole family. It is the ninth novelette in the Cheyenne Springs series. The plot centers on the plight of Miles Prentice, who loses his newspaper, "The Boston Bee," and his fiancee and flees West to start over.

Listen to Neil Haverson's 50-year ride through the Norfolk and Suffolk newspaper industry, in this audiobook edition read by "Brat Minor", Nick Haverson, and with an introduction to Neil's "greatest hits" from "Brat Major". Enjoy Neil's tales of bachelor life in King's Lynn and sporting prowess on the cricket field and hockey pitch - also find out how he met Mrs H. Neil has witnessed it all in the ever-changing regional media world - from flongs, hot metal, and office cricket to full color printing, digital editions, and the web.

There are many honest and highly ethical people in businesses, and public offices, including those in the newspaper industry but honesty can only maintain an upper-hand when accountability for potential dishonestly remains in place and is practiced when necessary. I also feel that the type practices I describe in the chapters of this audiobook, that I witnessed first-hand as a contract newspaper distributor, including illegitimate methods for increasing circulation by some newspaper companies, is far more common than the general public may realize.

In Business Spotlight Audio 2/2013 für März/April werden zwei Spezialthemen präsentiert. Im ersten geht es um strategische Schachzüge...

JACK CRIVALLE takes us on a matter-of-fact, step-by-step, emotional ride as to what takes place during a hostile corporate takeover. This one is personal, a Southwest Chicagoland thriving community newspaper, is ripped from his father’s control.

Hören Sie sich das IntensivHörTraining so oft an, bis das Wissen ein Teil Ihrer selbst ist. Sie werden sich im Alltag und in Prüfungssituationen...

Die Themen in dieser Ausgabe: Präsentationen und Freizeit...

In Business Spotlight Audio 5/2012 für September/Oktober werden zwei Spezialthemen präsentiert...

In Business Spotlight Audio 5/2013 für September/Oktober werden zwei Spezialthemen präsentieren. Beim ersten Thema geht es um Verhandlungen. Es wird aufgezeigt, welche Qualitäten und persönliche Eigenschaften dabei helfen, effektiv zu verhandeln. Der zweite Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Thema Emotionen. Wir üben Den dazugehörigen Wortschatz wird geübt und die Meinungen aus Amerika gehört: Sind heftige Gefühle am Arbeitsplatz angebracht oder unpassend?

Sind alle am Tisch Ja-Sager? Bloß nicht! Dieses Hörbuch zeigt, wie Meinungsverschiedenheiten positiv eingesetzt werden können...

Klar, dass Ihre Ideen die besten sind! Nur, wie "verkaufen" Sie diese den Kollegen und dem Chef...

Heutzutage arbeiten viele Menschen in sogenannten Matrix-Organisationen. Was futuristisch klingt, beschreibt im Großen und Ganzen eine Struktur, in der man abteilungsübergreifend arbeitet...

Sie wissen, was die Kollegen auch in ihrer Freizeit so treiben? Vorsicht! Mit Getratsche schädigen Sie eher Ihren eigenen Ruf...

In Business Spotlight Audio 3/2015 für Mai/Juni gibt es zwei Spezialthemen. Zunächst geht es darum, wie man in einem Team generell und in einem internationalen Team im Besonderen effektiv arbeitet. Der zweite Schwerpunkt beruht auf einem Test. Dieser befasst sich mit der richtigen Aussprache verschiedener englischer Vokale und Konsonanten, die Nichtmuttersprachlern Probleme bereiten und zu sprachlichen Missverständnissen führen können.

In Business Spotlight Audio 6/2012 für November/Dezember werden zwei Spezialthemen präsentiert. Im ersten geht es um schwierige Gespräche...