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Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, and Glory of America's Richest Media Empire and the Secretive Man Behind It
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by Thomas Maier
Sales Rank: 206224
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Cover Type: Paperback with 464 pages
Published by: Johnson Books May 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1555661912
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1555661915
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 1.4 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Samuel I. Newhouse Jr., generally known as Si, is not only one of the richest men in the U.S., he also heads its most powerful media company, Advance Publications, which owns a chain of high-visibility magazines, the Random House companies, newspapers and cable-TV interests. He is also, by his own choice, little known to the public, so a book about him, his personality, interests and remarkable influence is very much in order. Maier, a New York Newsday reporter, labored mightily to penetrate the veil Newhouse has established between himself and the world, and has come up with as thorough an account as an outsider probably could write of the Newhouse career: his early uncertainties in the shadow of a dynamic and demanding father, his growing skills in managing the magazine empire that never much interested Sam senior, his eventual triumphs in acquiring the kinds of properties-Random House, the New Yorker-his father would have delighted in. It is all here-the victorious struggles with the IRS over taxes, the ups and downs at Vogue, the relaunch of Vanity Fair, the New Yorker troubles and eventual triumph, the reshaping of Random from a largely literary house to a mega-publisher. The writing is patchy, too often shoving the reader in the required direction; there are too many repetitions and longueurs (Tina Brown, clearly the most quotable of his interviewees, takes over whole chapters). But the book is conscientious, accurate and fair-minded, and gives the reader much to ponder about the virtually unquestioned power that belongs to the Newhouse family. photographs not seen by PW.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Although it revolves around S.I. ('Si') Newhouse Jr., this is in fact a fast-moving, deftly written family saga. Advance Publications, Inc., the business that made the Newhouses multibillionaires, includes Random House books, Conde Nast magazines, and various newspapers and cable television properties. Maier, a reporter for New York Newsday, highlights themes of power and change, focusing on Si Newhouse as he emerges from the shadow of his father, Sam, the family patriarch, and on the companies Si takes over. It is instructive to compare the Random House described here with the company in Bennett Cerf's At Random (1977). Maier's tone is one of grudging admiration for Newhouse, though often critical of his editorial judgment. Particularly enlightening are examinations of Tina Brown's editorships at Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and how the Newhouses outmaneuvered the U.S. government in a billion-dollar tax case. For all media collections.
Bruce Rosenstein, "USA Today" Lib., Arlington, Va. Economics
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
This is a biography as much of a media empire as it is of a man. While Maier spends as much time as he can on the private side of S.I. Newhouse Jr., he in the end focus on what is most seen of this most private of media moguls-- his media properties. Maier uses the device of choosing figures and brands important to Newhouse history (Roy Cohn, Random House, Tina Brown, the New Yorker) and spending a chapter on each one, tracing their history in relation to both Newhouse and Advance Publications. While a good device for giving a thorough overview, be warned that it does make for a slightly disconnected read. I found that I had to flip back through the chapters to remember how events relating to particular chapters related to each other in time. Nonetheless, one of the more complete media biographies you are likely to encounter and a must read if interested in magazine history.
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