| Author/Contributor(s): | Felsenthal, Carol |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press |
| Date: | 12/8/1998 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
In this unauthorized investigative biography, Carol Felsenthal paints an intriguing portrait of Si Newhouse and his family dynasty by revealing machinations of these atypically elusive media moguls within the high-stakes world of today’s entertainment conglomerates.
The book opens in the manner of a classic American family saga, with Si’s father, Sam Newhouse, who quit school after the eighth grade, as paterfamilias.Having concocted a formula for creating newspaper monopolies in small metropolitan markets, he built the huge family fortune. Si took over the magazine portion of the vast empire, while his brother, Donald, managed the family’s newspaper and cable television holdings.
Citizen Newhouse, which gives the scoop on the sale of Random House and the dramatic changes at the New Yorker, is a fascinating account of powerful and glamorous lives—and their impact on the newspapers and magazines we read today.