Man bites Murdoch : four decades in print, six days in court / Bruce Guthrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guthrie, Bruce, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--Australia--Biography.

Journalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Man Bites Murdoch is Bruce Guthrie's explosive account of almost 40 years in the news business, his brutal dismissal from Australia's biggest selling paper, the celebrated court case that exposed the inner workings of the world's biggest media company and the treachery of its most senior executives. Guthrie survived tuberculosis, Melbourne's gritty northern suburbs and a boss who twice tried to sack him in his first six months in newspapers, to become a foreign correspondent and then one of Australia's feistiest and most controversial editors. His CV boasts editorships of The Age, The Sunday Age, Herald Sun, Who Weekly, The Weekend Australian Magazine, even a stint at America's celeb-news bible, People. Then, just as he claimed one of the industry's most glittering prizes, he fell foul of Rupert Murdoch and his henchmen, who promptly dispensed with his services. What would any self-respecting Broadmeadows boy do in such circumstances? Sue them, of course. Man Bites Murdoch exposes the back rooms of Australian business, politics and media and offers a front-row seat at the many seismic events that played out over the last 20 years, including Murdoch's relentless push for growth both here and overseas, young Warwick Fairfax's ill-fated takeover of the family company and the extraordinary impact of the internet.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Part I Spiked

Rupert comes to town

And the winner is...

The dismissal

'Hi, I'm Rupert Murdoch ...'

Part II Widford Street to Spencer Street

Broady boys

Read all about it

'Jump, boy, jump'

Death in the afternoon

Rocky Mountain high

The downhill run

Off to war

Out of the red, into the Black ...

TV or not TV?

Not your everyday newspaper

The poisoned chalice

'If the boss rings, can you get his name?'

Drip, drip, drip

Outnumbered

Part III Sixth Avenue to Southbank

New York, New York

Bound for Botany Bay

The firm

'An opportunity has come up ...'

Coming to grips

Change partners

Storm clouds

The sting

Part IV Trials and tribulations

Fighting back

Guthrie vs News Limited

Here comes the enemy

Checkmaaate!

Harsh judgements

Paper cuts

Index

Imprint.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522860481

0522860486

OCLC:

1493619182