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Loading... The Evening Star: The Rise and Fall of a Great Washington Newspaper (edition 2019)by Faye Haskins (Author)
Work InformationThe Evening Star : the rise and fall of a great American newspaper by Faye Haskins
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A bit disappointing, this history of what was, for many years, Washington's dominant newspaper. The "fall" part of the coverage, in my view, gets somewhat short shrift in the last quarter of the book, and the account of the "rise" is a bit tedious and over-detailed in the first few years. Scattershot illustrations -- it could have used more actual front pages (and Berryman cartoons!). ( ) no reviews | add a review
The Evening Star: The Rise and Fall of a Great Washington Newspaper is the story of the 129-year history of one of the preeminent newspapers in journalism history when city newspapers across the country were at the height of their power and influence. The Star was the most financially successful newspaper in the Capital and among the top ten in the country until its decline in the 1970s. The paper began in 1852 when the capital city was a backwater southern town. The Star's success over the next century was due to its singular devotion to local news, its many respected journalists, and the historic times in which it was published. The book provides a unique perspective on more than a century of local, national and international history. The book also exposes the complex reasons for the Star's rise and fall from dominance in Washington's newspaper market. The Noyes and Kauffmann families who owned and operated the Star for a century play an important role in that story. Patriarch Crosby Noyes' life and legacy is the most fascinating -a classic Horatio Alger story of the illegitimate son of a Maine farmer who by the time of his death was a respected newspaper publisher and member of Washington's influential elite. In 1974 his descendants sold the once-great newspaper Noyes built to Joseph Allbritton. Allbritton and then Time, Inc. tried to save the Star but failed. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)071.53Information Journalism And Publishing North America Southeastern U.S. District of Columbia, Washington (city)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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