| Author | Baldasty, Gerald J.
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| Title | E.W. Scripps and the business of newspapers / Gerald J. Baldasty.
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| Published | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1999.
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| Description | xii, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| Series | The history of communication
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| ISBN | 0-252-02255-6 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0-252-06750-9 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The struggle for control -- Expansion -- Controlling costs -- Management -- Avoiding competition -- Advertising is the enemy -- An advocate of the working class -- Is it interesting? -- The legacy of E.W. Scripps.
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| Summary Note | Summary: A biography of a press baron, founder of the wire service, United Press, and owner of a chain of popular newspapers which did not rely on advertising. He is portrayed as a miser who expected his staff to buy their own toilet paper.
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| Subjects | Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography.
Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926.
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| LC Card Number | 98-25357 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: PN 4874 S433 B17
mq134599: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 74954] |
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