Author: MCCORD, RICHARD
Title: The Chain Gang One Newspaper Versus the Gannett Empire
Description: Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1996. Third Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0826210643. Hard cover is black with white lettering on spine. AUTHOR SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE. Pages are clean and tight; book appears as if unused. ""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."; 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches; xi, 290 pages; DJ has light rubbing, shelf wear, corners of front DJ flaps are creased; in a mylar cover. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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