NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #88 of #GMGReads. Every night through this (increasingly) weird (and sad) time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
Following up last night's journalism histories, I wanted to share some books tonight on newspaper dynasties and the powerful publishers of the 20th Century:
1) Alex S. Jones and his wife Susan Tifft wrote an amazing family history of the Kentucky media moguls, the Binghams, and their family bickering that led to the sale of their empire, THE PATRIARCH: powells.com/book/the-patri…
2) There are two notable histories of the New York Times, Gay Talese's colorful KINGDOM AND THE POWER powells.com/book/kingdom-t… and the exhaustive THE TRUST, also by Jones and Tifft: powells.com/book/the-trust…
3) Sarah Ellison (@sarahellison) did the nearly impossible, covering the implosion and open warfare of her own owners and tells the story in WAR AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: powells.com/book/war-at-th…
4) My grandfather worked for years at the legendary New York Herald Tribune, whose storied history is told in THE PAPER: powells.com/book/paper-the…
5) Carol Felsenthal wrote a history of the Washington Post, POWER, PRIVILEGE, AND THE POST, starring Katharine Graham: strandbooks.com/product/978039…
PS: I've previously mentioned Graham's own memoir, LIVING HISTORY, which deserves its own read:
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are you all reading this week? What are your favorite journalism histories? Share! #avidreadersunite
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