The Resource The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord
The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord
Resource Information
The item The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
-
- "They're closing in on me, Dick, and I'm afraid they're going to get me," said Frank Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a phone call to his friend and colleague, Richard McCord. Drained of cash and spirit, Wood could not hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the Gannett Company. As editor and publisher of the nationally distinguished weekly Santa Fe Reporter, McCord had successfully fended off Gannett's "Operation Demolition" when it moved into town. Now Wood was seeking the help of a survivor
- Startling case histories of the dubious tactics practiced by Gannett, unsparing insights into the newspaper industry, and harsh conclusions all come together in the dramatic story of these two men's efforts to save the small Green Bay daily from being obliterated at the hands of the nation's largest newspaper chain. Their success is a metaphor for one of the oldest triumphs of the world: that of David over Goliath
- ""They're closing in on me, Dick, and I'm afraid they're going to get me," said Frank Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a phone call to his friend and colleague, Richard McCord. Drained of cash and spirit, Wood could not hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the Gannett Company. As editor and publisher of the nationally distinguished weekly Santa Fe Reporter, McCord had successfully fended off Gannett's "Operation Demolition" when it moved into town. Now Wood was seeking the help of a survivor. Startling case histories of the dubious tactics practiced by Gannett, unsparing insights into the newspaper industry, and harsh conclusions all come together in the dramatic story of these two men's efforts to save the small Green Bay daily from being obliterated at the hands of the nation's largest newspaper chain. Their success is a metaphor for one of the oldest triumphs of the world: that of David over Goliath. "McCord has done something marvelous with this. He's taken a deeply disturbing nationwide trend and put it on a small midwestern stage with real characters. The Chain Gang's message needs to be heard by as many Americans as read newspapers. Already Gannett's monopoly tactics have impoverished communities across the country. McCord is one man fighting back, coolly, rationally, creatively, and stubbornly. Let's join him."{u2014}Michael Shnayerson, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair "More graphically than almost any other available record of the era, the Gannett piracy is what has happened to this country, tolled where the price is truly paid, in the lives of communities and people."{u2014}Roger Morris, winner of the Investigative Reporters and Editors' National Award for Distinguished Investigative Journalism "Richard McCord's The Chain Gang takes the losing battle for the soul of American newspapers from the euphoric accounts on financial pages to show what corporate news chains can mean in human terms to the people and the vitality of the victimized cities and towns. His is a unique account of the power and depredations of the Gannett Chain under its glib empire builder, Allen Neuharth. It goes behind the facade of slick public relations and financial killings for investors to show what happens when a ruthless and ambitious wheeler-dealer gets control of our news."{u2014}Ben H. Bagdikian, media critic and Pulitzer Prize winner."--Publishers website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 290 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- The Third Day
- Victim and Villain
- "The Newspaper That Was Murdered"
- No Decency
- Aftershocks
- Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Not in the Cards
- The Green Bay Project
- Whispering Miles
- The Battle of Little Rock
- Salem, Oregon
- A Hard Landing
- The Resistance Within
- "A License to Print Money"
- An Enthusiasm for Fraud
- "The Highest Level of Dishonor"
- The Conspirators
- Eviscerated Shells
- Numbers Do Not Lie
- Gray Days, Dark Nights
- Why Am I Doing This?
- A Call in the Night
- One More Warning
- Painful Progress
- Lives That Matter, Flesh That Bleeds
- The Ticking Clock
- The Young Prince
- "We Will Not Sink That Low"
- The Most Important Announcement
- A Performance of the Symphony
- Five Smooth Stones
- "We Have Got a Fight on Our Hands!"
- Wind from the North
- "You're Greedy and Afraid"
- "I Think We Have a Chance"
- Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
- As Though I Had Not Come
- Into the Storm
- The Secret File
- Dobermans and Demolition
- "Not a Bad Job"
- "I Guess That's What It's All About"
- Isbn
- 9780826210647
- Label
- The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire
- Title
- The chain gang
- Title remainder
- one newspaper versus the Gannett empire
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard McCord
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "They're closing in on me, Dick, and I'm afraid they're going to get me," said Frank Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a phone call to his friend and colleague, Richard McCord. Drained of cash and spirit, Wood could not hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the Gannett Company. As editor and publisher of the nationally distinguished weekly Santa Fe Reporter, McCord had successfully fended off Gannett's "Operation Demolition" when it moved into town. Now Wood was seeking the help of a survivor
- Startling case histories of the dubious tactics practiced by Gannett, unsparing insights into the newspaper industry, and harsh conclusions all come together in the dramatic story of these two men's efforts to save the small Green Bay daily from being obliterated at the hands of the nation's largest newspaper chain. Their success is a metaphor for one of the oldest triumphs of the world: that of David over Goliath
- ""They're closing in on me, Dick, and I'm afraid they're going to get me," said Frank Wood, publisher of the Green Bay News-Chronicle, in a phone call to his friend and colleague, Richard McCord. Drained of cash and spirit, Wood could not hold out much longer against a devouring giant, the Gannett Company. As editor and publisher of the nationally distinguished weekly Santa Fe Reporter, McCord had successfully fended off Gannett's "Operation Demolition" when it moved into town. Now Wood was seeking the help of a survivor. Startling case histories of the dubious tactics practiced by Gannett, unsparing insights into the newspaper industry, and harsh conclusions all come together in the dramatic story of these two men's efforts to save the small Green Bay daily from being obliterated at the hands of the nation's largest newspaper chain. Their success is a metaphor for one of the oldest triumphs of the world: that of David over Goliath. "McCord has done something marvelous with this. He's taken a deeply disturbing nationwide trend and put it on a small midwestern stage with real characters. The Chain Gang's message needs to be heard by as many Americans as read newspapers. Already Gannett's monopoly tactics have impoverished communities across the country. McCord is one man fighting back, coolly, rationally, creatively, and stubbornly. Let's join him."{u2014}Michael Shnayerson, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair "More graphically than almost any other available record of the era, the Gannett piracy is what has happened to this country, tolled where the price is truly paid, in the lives of communities and people."{u2014}Roger Morris, winner of the Investigative Reporters and Editors' National Award for Distinguished Investigative Journalism "Richard McCord's The Chain Gang takes the losing battle for the soul of American newspapers from the euphoric accounts on financial pages to show what corporate news chains can mean in human terms to the people and the vitality of the victimized cities and towns. His is a unique account of the power and depredations of the Gannett Chain under its glib empire builder, Allen Neuharth. It goes behind the facade of slick public relations and financial killings for investors to show what happens when a ruthless and ambitious wheeler-dealer gets control of our news."{u2014}Ben H. Bagdikian, media critic and Pulitzer Prize winner."--Publishers website
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCord, Richard
- Dewey number
-
- 070/.92
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN4874.M3717
- LC item number
- A3 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- University of Missouri Press
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Newspaper publishing
- Journalists
- Journalists
- McCord, Richard
- Gannett Company
- Label
- The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Third Day
- Victim and Villain
- "The Newspaper That Was Murdered"
- No Decency
- Aftershocks
- Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Not in the Cards
- The Green Bay Project
- Whispering Miles
- The Battle of Little Rock
- Salem, Oregon
- A Hard Landing
- The Resistance Within
- "A License to Print Money"
- An Enthusiasm for Fraud
- "The Highest Level of Dishonor"
- The Conspirators
- Eviscerated Shells
- Numbers Do Not Lie
- Gray Days, Dark Nights
- Why Am I Doing This?
- A Call in the Night
- One More Warning
- Painful Progress
- Lives That Matter, Flesh That Bleeds
- The Ticking Clock
- The Young Prince
- "We Will Not Sink That Low"
- The Most Important Announcement
- A Performance of the Symphony
- Five Smooth Stones
- "We Have Got a Fight on Our Hands!"
- Wind from the North
- "You're Greedy and Afraid"
- "I Think We Have a Chance"
- Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
- As Though I Had Not Come
- Into the Storm
- The Secret File
- Dobermans and Demolition
- "Not a Bad Job"
- "I Guess That's What It's All About"
- Control code
- 34356426
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826210647
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96007382
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Third Day
- Victim and Villain
- "The Newspaper That Was Murdered"
- No Decency
- Aftershocks
- Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Not in the Cards
- The Green Bay Project
- Whispering Miles
- The Battle of Little Rock
- Salem, Oregon
- A Hard Landing
- The Resistance Within
- "A License to Print Money"
- An Enthusiasm for Fraud
- "The Highest Level of Dishonor"
- The Conspirators
- Eviscerated Shells
- Numbers Do Not Lie
- Gray Days, Dark Nights
- Why Am I Doing This?
- A Call in the Night
- One More Warning
- Painful Progress
- Lives That Matter, Flesh That Bleeds
- The Ticking Clock
- The Young Prince
- "We Will Not Sink That Low"
- The Most Important Announcement
- A Performance of the Symphony
- Five Smooth Stones
- "We Have Got a Fight on Our Hands!"
- Wind from the North
- "You're Greedy and Afraid"
- "I Think We Have a Chance"
- Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
- As Though I Had Not Come
- Into the Storm
- The Secret File
- Dobermans and Demolition
- "Not a Bad Job"
- "I Guess That's What It's All About"
- Control code
- 34356426
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826210647
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96007382
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-chain-gang--one-newspaper-versus-the-Gannett/78URW4e2JPU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-chain-gang--one-newspaper-versus-the-Gannett/78URW4e2JPU/">The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-chain-gang--one-newspaper-versus-the-Gannett/78URW4e2JPU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/The-chain-gang--one-newspaper-versus-the-Gannett/78URW4e2JPU/">The chain gang : one newspaper versus the Gannett empire, Richard McCord</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
