false 5869 <![CDATA[Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, & Glory of America's Richest Media Empire & the Secretive Man Behind It]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649775m/5869.jpg 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 Newhouse's 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 Newhouse's 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.

]]> 5869 2 9247 1994 Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, & Glory of America's Richest Media Empire & the Secretive Man Behind It total:1|4:1| 1 4 1 0 3997 3.55 53 13 32481849 1487691 5869 1555661912 9781555661915 0 <![CDATA[Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, & Glory of America's Richest Media Empire & the Secretive Man Behind It]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649775m/5869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5869.Newhouse_All_the_Glitter_Power_Glory_of_America_s_Richest_Media_Empire_the_Secretive_Man_Behind_It 4.00 1 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 Newhouse's 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 Newhouse's 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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