Privileged Son Otis Chandler And The Rise And Fall Of The L.a. Times Dynasty
, by McDougal, DennisNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780306811616 | 0306811618
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/6/2002
TheBoston GlobehailedPrivileged Sonas "a well-researched, tough-minded, superbly composed story" by an author "adept at mixing scandal and gossip with art and business." It's the riveting tale of how a second-rate newspaper rose to greatness only to become a casualty of wara civil war within the family that owned it. The story, never before told in such hard-edged style, spans the American Century, from 1884, when the Chandler family gained control of the just-born daily, through April 2000, when they sold it to the Tribune Company. With a capriciousness that is seldom seen even in the most dysfunctional media dynasties, the Chandlers, who helped make the national careers of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and other major political figures, controlled Los Angeles and the Times Mirror CorporationandPrivileged Soncaptures it all.