Reviews for Backstory: Inside the Business of News

The average rating for Backstory: Inside the Business of News based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-26 00:00:00 Deborah Monk This is a series of articles written for the New Yorker about the news media, more particularly print media. It focuses on the business aspects of print news, company reorganizations, managers and what they did (do) well and poorly, the culture of various newspapers, the growing relationship between newspapers and other forms of media. It is interesting but not compelling reading.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-05-11 00:00:00 Dave Adams Enormous appreciation for journalists and total absorption in the history of newsmaking and publishing. Stops short of the digital era but the major forces behind the news makes a great read. Auletta goes on to write about Google, so start with Backstory and then move along to his other works.