{"product_id":"americas-last-great-newspaper-war-the-death-of-print-in-a-two-tabloid-town-hardback-9780823287383","title":"America's Last Great Newspaper War; The Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town (Hardback) 9780823287383","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerica's Last Great Newspaper War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMike Jaccarino (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823287383\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 50\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.618 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA from-the-trenches view of \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e runners and photographers as they stop at nothing to break the story and squash their tabloid arch-rivals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When author Mike Jaccarino was offered a job at the Daily News in 2006, he was asked a single question: \"Kid, what are you going to do to help us beat the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e?\" That was the year things went sideways at the News, when the\u003ci\u003e New York Post \u003c\/i\u003esurpassed its nemesis in circulation for the first time in the history of both papers. Tasked with one job—crush the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e—Jaccarino here provides the behind-the-scenes story of how the runners and shooters on both sides would do anything and everything to get the scoop before their opponents.\u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post \u003c\/i\u003ehave long been the Hatfields and McCoys of American media: two warring tabloids in a town big enough for only one of them. As digital news rendered print journalism obsolete, the fight to survive in NYC became an epic, Darwinian battle. In \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Last Great Newspaper War\u003c\/i\u003e, Jaccarino exposes the untold story of this tabloid death match of such ferocity and obsession its like has not occurred since Pulitzer– Hearst.\u003cbr\u003e Told through the eyes of hungry \"runners\" (field reporters) and \"shooters\" (photographers) who would employ phony police lights to overcome traffic, Mike Jaccarino's memoir unmasks the do-whatever-it-takes era of reporting—where the ends justified the means and nothing was off-limits. His no-holds-barred account describes sneaking into hospitals, months-long stakeouts, infiltrating John Gotti's crypt, bidding wars for scoops, high-speed car chases with Hillary Clinton, O.J. Simpson, and the baby mama of a philandering congressman—all to get that coveted front-page story.\u003cbr\u003e Today, few runners and shooters remain on the street. Their age and exploits are as bygone as the \u003ci\u003eNews\u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003ePost \u003c\/i\u003ewar and American newspapers, generally. Where armies once battled, often no one is covering the story at all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFunding for this book was provided by: Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrologue\u003c\/b\u003e: \"Shell Shock for News Nuts\"   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Serb Thug to New York . . . Kiss My Ash\"   5\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003e\"All Play, No Pay for Page Fix\"   16\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Ford to City: Drop Dead\"   39\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Cops Shoot Groom Dead\"   51\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003e\"N.J. Miss in a Fix Over Her Pics!\"   62\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e \"2 Cops Shot During Traffic Stop\"   92\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e \"Tracked Down and Busted in Pa. Woods\"   113\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e \"Sports' Worst Nightmare\"   123\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e \"'Mayday' Last Call from Doomed Bravest at Ground Zero\"   143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e \"The Juice Is on the Loose: O.J. Simpson Leaves Jail\u003cbr\u003e after Posting $125,000 Bail\"   162\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Preppie Killer Robert Chambers Acts Like a 'Dumb' Doper\"   191\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12 \u003c\/b\u003e\"Legend of Jim Leyritz's Swing against Braves\u003cbr\u003e Spoiled by His Swigs\"   198\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13 \u003c\/b\u003e\"If Spitzer Really Wore Socks in Bed, May Mean\u003cbr\u003e Fear of Intimacy: Sex Experts\"   234\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e \"Ma Goes to Bat for Derek Jeter\"   253\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e15\u003c\/b\u003e \"What to Tell Kids When Daddy Has Two Families\"   262\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e16\u003c\/b\u003e \"Temple of Doom . . . Madoff Fleeced Fifth\u003cbr\u003e Avenue Synagogue\"   283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003c\/i\u003e   291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e   299\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhotographs follow page 152\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Empire State Editions","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580357505304,"sku":"9780823287383","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/americas-last-great-newspaper-war-the-death-of-print-in-a-two-tabloid-town-hardback-9780823287383","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}