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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787596303321

Autore

Stephens Donna Lampkin

Titolo

If it ain't broke, break it : how corporate journalism killed the Arkansas gazette / / Donna Lampkin Stephens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, Arkansas : , : University of Arkansas Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61075-561-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

070.172

Soggetti

Newspapers - Ownership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's dissertation (Ph.D.--University of Southern Mississippi, 2012).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1902-1946: early Heiskell family ownership -- 1947-1959: a new triumvirate takes control: J.N. Heiskell, Hugh B. Patterson, and Harry S. Ashmore face the crisis at Central High -- 1960-1970: the aftermath of Central High -- 1970-1974: Mr. Heiskell's death and the transition of ownership to the Patterson family -- 1974-1986: a change atop the Arkansas Democrat, the ensuing newspaper war, antitrust lawsuit, and sale to Gannett -- 1986-1990: Gannett ownership -- 1991: the death of the newspaper -- Lessons learned.