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100 1 $aVitek, Jack.
245 14 $aThe godfather of tabloid :$bGeneroso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer /$cJack Vitek.
260 $aLexington, Ky. :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$cc2008.
300 $aviii, 290 p. :$bill. ;$c20 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 280-283) and index.
505 0 $aThe man in perspective -- Family connections -- Kid Wheeler-Dealer -- Friends in low places -- From gore to groceries -- A second start -- Rocketing up -- Perfecting the formula -- Lantana 33464 -- The million-dollar tree : ho! ho! ho! -- Washington garbage -- Manufacturing "truth" -- The peak of tabloid : Elvis -- Reporter as gladiator -- Star wars : Hollywood versus the Enquirer -- Wacky world news (tabloid II) -- Anger as satire -- Second peak (two gardeners' stories) -- Sudden death, ironically -- The Enquirer after Pope -- Pope in perspective.
520 1 $a"They're hard to miss at grocery stores and newsstands in America - the colorful, heavily illustrated tabloid newspapers with headlines promising shocking, unlikely, and sometimes impossible stories within. Although the papers are now ubiquitous, the supermarket tabloid's origin can be traced to one man: Generoso Pope Jr., an eccentric, domineering chain-smoker who died of a heart attack at age sixty-one. In The Godfather of Tabloid, Jack Vitek explores the life and remarkable career of Pope and the founding of the most famous tabloid of all - the National Enquirer. Grounded in interviews with many of Pope's supporters, detractors, and associates, The Godfather of Tabloid is the first comprehensive biography of the man who created a genre and changed the world of publishing forever."--Jacket.
600 10 $aPope, Generoso,$d1927-1988.
650 0 $aPublishers and publishing$zUnited States$vBiography.
630 00 $aNational enquirer (New York, N.Y. : 1957)$xHistory.
650 0 $aNewspaper publishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aTabloid newspapers$zUnited States$xHistory.
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