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War at the Wall Street Journal: Inside the Struggle to Control an American Business Empire
This is a tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that sums up an era of change. The main character, rocked by feuding factions and those who would remake it, is the Wall Street Journal, which affects the thoughts, votes, and stocks of two million readers daily. Sarah Ellison, while at the Journal, won praise for covering the $5 billion ac...more
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Published
May 31st 2010
by Tantor Media
(first published January 1st 2010)
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This book was written very well. It tells the story of Rupert Murdoch's take over of the Wall Street Journal. The book is written as if it were a novel, and even though the ended (ie the fate of the Wall Street Journal) is known by all who pick it up, the book still holds your attention with just how difficult and bloody the whole ordeal is going to be. Sarah Ellison doesn't pull any punches, and shows the people in the story not in a great light or a horrible light, but in the blinding noon lig...more
I liked reading about the process of the whole process but I am disturbed that one man could have so much power and have so many employees licking his boots.
How Rupert Murdock buys the Journal from the Bancroft heirs and remakes it in his own image. Glad he's not my boss!
Glad that I read this. Have a notepad when you read this to keep track.
Really helped me understand how NewsCorp changes the papers it buys. I've seen these same changes initiated at the WSJ
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