Sound Business: Newspapers, Radio, and the Politics of New Media

by Michael Stamm

Book Overview

American newspapers have faced competition from new media for over ninety years. Today digital media challenge the printed word. In the 1920s, broadcast radio was the threatening upstart. At the time, newspaper publishers of all sizes turned threat into opportunity by establishing their own stations. Many, such as the Chicago Tribune's WGN, are still in operation. By 1940 newspapers owned 30 percent of America's radio stations. This new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223810
• ISBN13: 9780812223811
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"