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050 00 $aPN4888.P6$bM38 2005
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100 1 $aMerritt, Davis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95004563
245 10 $aKnightfall :$bKnight Ridder and how the erosion of newspaper journalism is putting democracy at risk /$cDavis Merritt.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bAMACOM--American Management Association,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $ax, 242 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[231]-233) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : can newspaper journalism survive? -- $g1.$tWhy this matters -- $g2.$tThe heritages -- $g3.$tBuilding toward merger -- $g4.$tWichita : a marriage made in ...? -- $g5.$tIntroducing change -- $g6.$tExternal change : boomers, Wall Street, and technology -- $g7.$tInternal change : creeping corporatism and catastrophe -- $g8.$tChange seven : breaching the wall -- $g9.$tChange eight : lie, cheat, steal -- $g10.$tDoing the journalism -- $g11.$tSaying good-bye -- $g12.$tWichita ... saying good-bye -- $g13.$tWhat now?
520 1 $a"For more than two centuries, American newspapers have collected, organized, and disseminated the information that makes democracy possible. Occasional opponents of a free press have not been able to cripple newspapers, and despite dire predictions, neither have radio, television, or the Internet. But greed can kill American newspapers, thus eliminating the crucial synergy between journalism and democracy." "In Knightfall, Davis "Buzz" Merritt, a 40-year newspaperman whose career runs parallel to the seismic shift in journalism's landscape, examines one notable exemplar of this growing trend, Knight Ridder, America's second-largest newspaper company with holdings including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, the Detroit Free Press, and the Mercury News in San Jose." "Merritt was a participant-observer in the 1974 marriage of two newspaper companies, a union that seemed made in heaven. Knight Newspapers' longstanding tradition of excellence in journalism coupled with Ridder Publications' business savvy should have created a unique company offering the best of both worlds." "Merritt's personal accounts of the 30 years since the merger illustrate the degree to which what we know is being limited. Further, his portraits of key figures, analysis of societal changes, and dozens of interviews with others who were (and are) there reveal that not only is he on target, he is also not alone in his unsettling conclusions."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPress and politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109577
610 20 $aKnight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91018655
650 0 $aAmerican newspapers$xOwnership.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92001957
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004028598.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hPN4888.P6$iM38 2005