America's last great newspaper war : the death of print in a two-tabloid town / Mike Jaccarino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaccarino, Mike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920).

New York post.

American newspapers--History--21st century.

American newspapers.

Tabloid newspapers--United States--History--21st century.

Tabloid newspapers.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"A from-the-trenches view of New York Daily News and New York Post runners and photographers as they stop at nothing to break the story and squash their tabloid arch-rivals."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

1 "Serb Thug to New York ... Kiss My Ash" p. 5

2 "All Play No Pay for Page Fix" p. 16

3 "Ford to City: Drop Dead" p. 39

4 "Cops Shoot Groom Dead" p. 51

5 "N.J. Miss in a Fix Over Her Pics!" p. 62

6 "2 Cops Shot During Traffic Stop" p. 92

7 "Tracked Down and Busted in Pa. Woods" p. 113

8 "Sports' Worst Nightmare" p. 123

9 "'Mayday' Last Call from Doomed Bravest at Ground Zero" p. 143

10 "The Juice Is on the Loose: O.J. Simpson Leaves Jail after Posting $125,000 Bail" p. 162

11 "Preppie Killer Robert Chambers Acts Like a 'Dumb' Doper" p. 191

12 "Legend of Jim Leyritz's Swing against Braves Spoiled by His Swigs" p. 198

13 "If Spitzer Really Wore Socks in Bed, May Mean Fear of Intimacy: Sex Experts" p. 234

14 "Ma Goes to Bat for Derek Jeter" p. 253

15 "What to Tell Kids When Daddy Has Two Families" p. 262

16 "Temple of Doom ... Madoff Fleeced Fifth Avenue Synagogue" p. 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823287383

0823287386

OCLC:

1110667190