Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, & Glory of America's Richest Media Empire & the Secretive Man Behind It Thomas Maier,
Publisher: Johnson Books
ISBN: 1555661912
Edition: Paperback; 1997-05-01
Summary:
With a supporting cast of well-known literary names around him,
Newhouse is the king of New Yorks cultural world todayas owner of
Random House, the nations largest book publishing empire; publisher
of such influential magazines as "The New Yorker," "Vanity Fair,"
"Vogue," and "Wired;" and by controlling dozens of other newspapers,
magazines, and cable television franchises in the United States and
around the world. Author Thomas Maier examines the rags-to-riches
saga of the Newhouse family and how they built a privately-held
empire estimated at $13 billion. He tells the personal story of how
"Si" Newhouse emerged from the shadow of his demanding father to
expand the family fortune further than anyone ever imagined, with his
mercurial "off-with-their-heads" management style. This unauthorized
investigative biography explores Newhouses reliance on his long-time
friend Roy Cohn, a lawyer for the Mafia and a confidant to top
politicians, and how the family managed to beat the IRS in a $1
billion tax battle. Like a message in a time bottle, "Newhouse"
describes our celebrity-driven media age, a real-life allegory for
the 1990s when communications giants like Newhouses Advance
Publications, Inc., gobbled up everything in sight. This book raises
strong warnings about a media monopoly in America, controlled by a
handful of powerful men like Si Newhouse, and underlines the serious
ways in which journalism has been transformed.
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