The newsmongers : a history of tabloid journalism / Terry Kirby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirby, Terry, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Corrupt practices--Great Britain.

Journalism.

Journalistic ethics.

Tabloid newspapers--Great Britain--History.

Tabloid newspapers.

Journalism--Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books Ltd., 2024.

Summary:

Vivid and racy, a deep-dive into tabloids from their sixteenth-century beginnings to the National Inquirer and beyond.   The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed "Strange Newes" sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age. The narrative weaves from Regency gossip writers through New York's "yellow journalism" battles to the "sex and sleaze" Sun of the 1970s; and from the Brexit-backing populism of the Daily Mail to the celebrity-obsessed Mail Online of the 2000s. Colorful figures such as Daniel Defoe, Lord Northcliffe, Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Hugh Cudlipp, Rupert Murdoch, and Robert Maxwell are brought to vivid life.   From scandalous confessions to the Leveson Inquiry into the behavior of the British press, the book explores journalists' unscrupulous methods, taking in phone hacking, privacy breaches, and bribery. And now, in the digital era, The Newsmongers shows how popular journalism has succumbed to so-called churnalism while a certain royal is seeking revenge on the tabloids today.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781789149814

OCLC:

1452128122