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Book SynopsisA brilliantly evocative memoir from the golden age of newspaper publishing, from a man who helped define our modern media. Les Hinton worked with Rupert Murdoch for more than five decades, and in that time witnessed the transformation of our media landscape. From copy boy at Murdoch’s first paper to senior executive at News Corp, his stories about Clinton and Blair, Brown and Cameron, Princess Diana, Johnny Rotten, phone-hacking, and the man himself, Rupert Murdoch, are as insightful as they are revolutionary. This is one of the defining media memoirs of our age.Trade Review‘An epic story … and a penetrating insight into the mind of Murdoch.’ * Daily Mail *‘Les Hinton lifts the lid on his 52 years working with the media mogul Rupert Murdoch … This ‘untidy life in news’ yields a rich crop of anecdotes.’ * The Times *‘[A] great romp of a journalistic memoir.’ -- Stephen Robinson * The Sunday Times *‘It vividly captures the rise and fall of the press over 60 years … [no] acolyte’s paean.’ -- Ian Burrell * i *‘[Gives] an unprecedented insight into the media mogul [Murdoch’s] ways.’ * i *‘Les Hinton's story is about the glory and the tragedy of the newspaper business. He knows all the secrets of this tale and few are more clear-eyed than him when they tell it.’ -- Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury‘A terrific memoir by one of the all-time great newspapermen. Highly recommend if you want to know what it takes to be a journalist.’ -- Piers Morgan‘[A] must-read for anyone with even a fleeting interest in the media.’ -- Noreen Barr * Press Association *‘A rollicking good tale of his extraordinary life ... an utterly charming autobiography.’ * William Shawcross *"Does not shy away from criticism of Murdoch’s mistakes .... honest, revealing — and a beautifully written page turner.” -- William Shawcross‘Hinton is likeable and self-deprecating as he conjures up the lost worlds of boyhood and early newspaper days. A must-read for anyone with even a fleeting interest in the media.’ * Surrey Advertiser *‘A fascinating read.’ * The Sunday Post Dundee *‘Hinton evokes delicious memories of the analog age of newspapers, describing the smells and sounds of chutes, linotypes, molten lead stereo casting machines and presses roaring amid mists of paper fluff.’ * Weekend Australian *‘Brilliant ... a remarkable book.’ * Weekend Australian *‘Les Hinton’s The Bootle Boy: An Untidy Life in News, is an ode to journalism and the amazing, eyeopening, exciting and gratifying life it offers.’ * The Australian *‘Les Hinton tells the story of his remarkable life in a remarkable book.’ * Weekend Australian *‘An honest, cleanly told autobiography … The journalist within Les Hinton has observed the right professional care by setting his life in context, conveying it with an abundance of charm and refreshingly robust honesty.’ * Australian Book Review *‘An amiable autobiography ... pacey, engrossing and a lot better written than most hacks' memoirs.’ -- Michael Leapman * British Journalism Review *‘His narrative of growing up in Bootle, in Liverpool, and many other places around the world then moving into journalism is inspirational for any wanting to follow that path.’ -- Steve Howard * Manly Daily *‘The yarns are delivered with a classic journalist’s eye for the telling physical detail, an ear for the revealing quote and a knack for sequencing facts.’ -- David Cohen * Sunday Star Times *‘The stories are all told from the front row.’ -- Roy Christopher * Well-Red Bear *

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a detailed exploration of the British media coverage of the press reform debate that arose from the News of the World phone hacking scandal and the Leveson Inquiry. Gathering data from a content analysis of 870 news articles, Ogbebor shows how journalists cover debates on media policy and illustrates the impact of their coverage on democracy. Through this analysis, the book contributes to knowledge of paradigm repair strategies; public sphere; gatekeeping theory; the concept of journalism as an interpretive community; political economy of the press; as well as the neoliberal and social democratic interpretations of press freedom. Providing insight into factors inhibiting and aiding the role of the news media as a democratic public sphere, it will be a valuable resource for the press, media reform activists, members of the public, and academics in the fields of journalism, politics and law. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Democracy, Theories of the Press and the Public Sphere.- 3. Metacoverage, Metajournalistic Discourse and the News Paradigm.- 4. The Press Reform Debate.- 5. British Press System: Press Regulation and Accountability.- 6. Investigating the Press Reform Debate.- 7. Paradigm Repair: Threat to the Paradigm and Historicization.- 8. Bad Apples, Self-Assertion and Minimization.- 9. Journalistic Metadiscourse: Access to the Media’s Public Sphere.- 10. Press Reform: Past, Current and Future.- 11. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisObwohl sich Journalismus und Unternehmenskommunikation in Funktion und Selbstverständnis immer noch deutlich voneinander unterscheiden, hat die digitale Transformation für eine zunehmende Konvergenz beider Berufsfelder gesorgt. Die Frage, wie und unter welchen Voraussetzungen Öffentlichkeit erzeugt wird, stellt sich angesichts eines tiefgreifenden Medienwandels mit zunehmender Dringlichkeit. Dieses Buch beschreibt das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen beiden Feldern mit Blick auf technologische, ökonomische und praktische Aspekte. Expert*innen aus Journalismus, Unternehmen und Forschung erläutern – wissenschaftlich fundiert und anhand von zahlreichen Praxisbeispielen –, wie sich das neue Miteinander gestaltet: von den jeweils berufsspezifischen Umbrüchen über Wissensvermittlung, -transfer und Netzwerkarbeit bis hin zu neuen Businessmodellen und -strategien für beide Berufsfelder.Ein Buch für Journalist*innen, journalistische Unternehmer*innen, Kommunikationsverantwortliche in Unternehmen, Studierende und praxisorientierte Wissenschaftler*innen.Mit Beiträgen von:• Dr. Matthias Albisser, Hochschule Luzern• Prof. Dr. Christopher Buschow, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar• Prof. Dr. Matthias Degen, Westfälische Hochschule• Prof. Dr. Alexander Godulla, Universität Leipzig• M.A. Benjamin Held, Westfälische Hochschule• Dr. Constanze Jecker, Hochschule Luzern• Prof. Dr. Florian Meißner, Hochschule Macromedia• M.A. Megan Neumann, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften• Prof. Dr. Marc-Christian Ollrog, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften• Rosanna Planer, Universität Leipzig• Prof. Dr. Lars Rademacher, Hochschule Darmstadt• Prof. Dr. Christoph Raetzsch, School of Communication and Culture• Dr. Jonas Schützeneder, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt• Prof. Dr. René Seidenglanz, Quadriga Hochschule• M.A. Hauke Serger, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar• Dr. Klaus Spachmann, Universität Hohenheim• B.A. Karoline Steinbock, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften• M.A. Maike Suhr, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar• Dr. Daniel Vogel, fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft• Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinacht, Westfälische Hochschule• Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wolf, Universität LeipzigTable of ContentsNachhaltigkeitskommunikation.- PR-Newsrooms und Corporate Newsrooms.- Multimedia Storytelling in Newsrooms.- Intersystembeziehungen von Journalismus und Public Relations.- Entscheidungsstrategien journalistischer Start-ups.- Qualitätsjournalismus als Bedingung für glaubwürdige Unternehmenskommunikation.- Lehre und Ausbildung zwischen Journalismus und Unternehmenskommunikation.- Interaktion von Wirtschaftsjournalisten und Kommunikatoren.

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Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Die europäische Öffentlichkeit und die Europäisierung nationaler Öffentlichkeiten.- Politisierung und das multi-level und multi-stage Modell.- Modellentwicklung und Synthese.- Forschungsdesign.- Kontextanalyse der drei Fallstaaten.- Gemeinsamkeiten.- Unterschiede.- Synthese.- Fazit und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisBy looking at China from the periphery, this study shows how European sources offer a unique way of expanding the knowledge about the gazette of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its interconnected history illustrates how the Chinese gazette, as translated by European missionaries, became a major source for reflections on state and society by Enlightenment thinkers.

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Book SynopsisAn accessible compilation of news-breaking stories from The Times. As one of Britain’s leading newspapers for more than 200 years The Times has covered every major world events as they happened. This book profiles the ones that have had the most impact on the world today from the fall of the Berlin Wall to stepping onto the Moon.

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Book SynopsisThis year's National Magazine Awards finalists and winners include outstanding writing that addresses urgent topics such as justice, gender, power, and violence, both at home and abroad.Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Adam MossAcknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine EditorsA Betrayal, by Hannah Dreier, ProPublica, copublished with New York, Finalist—Public InterestAmerican Hustler, by Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, Finalist—ReportingA Kingdom from Dust, by Mark Arax, The California Sunday Magazine, Finalist— Feature WritingShallow Graves and An Interview with Ben Taub by Eric Sullivan, by Ben Taub, The New Yorker, Winner—ReportingThe Genocide the U.S. Didn’t See Coming, by Nahal Toosi, Politico, Finalist—ReportingWe Made It. We Depend on It. We’re Drowning in It. Plastic, by Laura Parker, National Geographic, Finalist— Public InterestThe First Porn President and I Believe Her and The Abandoned World of 1982, by Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, Finalist—Columns and CommentaryMisjudged, by Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, Finalist—Essays and CriticismThe National Geographic Twins and the Falsehood of Our Post-Racial Future and The Profound Presence of Doria Ragland and The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Will Be Remembered as a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment, by Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, Winner—Columns and ComentaryThis Place Is Crazy, by John J. Lennon, Esquire, Finalist—Feature WritingGetting Out of Prison Meant Leaving Dear Friends Behind, by Robert Wright, The Marshall Project with Vice, Finalist—Columns and CommentaryGetting Out, by Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times Magazine, Winner—Essays and CriticismHow to Be an Artist, by Jerry Saltz, New York, Winner—Leisure InterestsThe Art of Dying Well, by Kasey Cordell and Lindsey B.Koehler, 5280, Winner—Personal ServiceTaming the Lionfish, by Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian, Finalist—Feature WritingThe Breakup Museum, by Leslie Jamison, Virginia Quarterly Review, Finalist—Essays and CriticismSkinned, by Lesley Nneka Arimah, and A Conversation with McSweeney’s Claire Boyle and Karolina Waclawiak, by The ASME Award for Fiction, McSweeney’s, Winner—ASME Award for FictionPermissionsList of Contributors

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Book SynopsisDrawing on innovations in the business of journalism, this book offers a comprehensive guide to using the human-centred design methods of product management to serve readers and bolster digital success in news organizations.An Introduction to News Product Management sets out how product thinking should be used in news organizations and practiced in accordance with journalistic ethics and customs. Beginning by looking at the history and theory behind the profession, this book builds a foundational understanding of what product management is and why news is a unique product. In the second unit, the author discusses how the human-centred design philosophy of product management aligns with the mission and ethics of journalism, and how that influences the view of audiences and frames strategies. The third unit of the book focuses on the daily use of product management in news organizations, providing students with a guide to its use in researching, prioritizing, and buildinTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionWhat Is Product Management?1. The News Product Manager2. A Brief History of Product Management3. Theories of Product Management4. Theories of InnovationProduct Management in News5. The Business of Content6. Managing News Innovation7. The Mission of News ProductMaking News Products8. Product Is Research9. Product Is Prioritization10. Product Is Building11. Product Is LearningGlossaryIndex

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