| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Public Myth and Private Reality -- 2. Big Business -- 3. Publisher Power and the Rise of the Business Manager -- 4. It Pays to Advertise -- 5. Competition and Collusion -- 6. Concentration -- 7. Patronage and Independence -- 8. Joining the Elite -- 9. Interest Politics |
| Summary |
Minko Sotiron describes how, in their drive to maximize profits, publishers abandoned partisan politics and adopted sensationalistic journalism to build audiences for advertisers. He analyses the changes newspapers underwent in both content and appearance as the number of "fluff" pieces increased and hard news stories decreased, headlines became larger, prose became simpler, and illustrations and photographs became more abundant. From Politics to Profit highlights the increasingly powerful role of the press barons - Lord Atholstan, John Ross Robertson, Joseph Atkinson, Walter Nichol, Clifford Sifton, and the Southam family. Sotiron provides a case study of the first Canadian newspaper chain, which formed the basis for modern mass communication empires, and shows how the Southams contributed to the disappearance of independent newspapers in Canada |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Canada -- History
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Canadian newspapers -- Economic aspects -- History
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Journalism -- Economic aspects -- Canada -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Journalism -- Economic aspects
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Journalism
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Zeitung
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Kommerzialisierung
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Dagbladen.
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Vercommercialisering.
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Journaux canadiens de langue anglaise -- 1870-1914.
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Journalisme -- Canada -- 1870-1914.
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Geschichte 1890-1920.
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Canada
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Kanada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96900872 |
| ISBN |
9780773565814 |
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0773565817 |
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1282853740 |
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9781282853744 |
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9786612853746 |
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6612853743 |
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