The Business of newspapers

Duration: 43

Year Published: 1978

Creator: Carousel Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Correspondent Hughes Rudd examines the past, present, and future of the newspaper business. Discusses problems such as newspapers' editorial politics and news coverage being dictated by economic consideration, cities that have only one newspaper, and papers that are bought by special interest groups.The film shows the workings of prominent newspapers including The Boston Globe, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) and The Los Angeles Times. , Examines the past, present, and future of the newspaper business, highlighting examples of newspaper problems in such places as Boston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Escanaba, Michigan. Raises questions about news coverage dictated by economic considerations, one-newspaper cities, and papers owned by businesses with special interests. Discusses the crisis of the survival of the small-town newspaper and how journalism seems to be losing independence to economic forces. Narrated by Hughes Rudd.

Complete Record: Correspondent Hughes Rudd examines the past, present, and future of the newspaper business. Discusses problems such as newspapers' editorial politics and news coverage being dictated by economic consideration, cities that have only one newspaper, and papers that are bought by special interest groups.The film shows the workings of prominent newspapers including The Boston Globe, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) and The Los Angeles Times. , Examines the past, present, and future of the newspaper business, highlighting examples of newspaper problems in such places as Boston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Escanaba, Michigan. Raises questions about news coverage dictated by economic considerations, one-newspaper cities, and papers owned by businesses with special interests. Discusses the crisis of the survival of the small-town newspaper and how journalism seems to be losing independence to economic forces. Narrated by Hughes Rudd., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.