Extra! Extra!: How the People Made the News

Synopsis

'world Turned On Its Head: Old News Does Matter'- Pat Booth--cover. From The Mid-nineteenth-century Rivalry Between The New Zealander And The Southern Cross To The Establishment Of The New Zealand Herald And The Auckland Star As The Two Papers That Would Dominate Auckland Newspaper Life Through The Twentieth Century, The Story Of Auckland's Newspapers Is An Engrossing Battle Of Wits That Reveals Much About The History Of The People And The Press In New Zealand ... The Newspaper Wars Of Nineteenth-century Auckland Were Life Or Death Struggles - With The Odds Heavily In Favour Of Death. Extra! Extra! Tells The Story Of The Newspapers, The Editors And Reporters And Owners Who Made Them, And The Readers Who Decided What Was News And Which Papers Would Live Or Die--publisher Information. Introduction: Extra! Extra! -- 1. Birth Of The New Zealander -- 2. The Merchant Of High Street -- 3. It Shines, It Burns, It Scorches -- 4. The Editor's Lament -- 5. Going Daily -- 6. Newspapers At War -- 7. Death Of The New Zealander -- 8. 'what A Hound That Fellow Is' -- 9. Henry Brett And The Rollicking Rams -- 10. Mr Horton Makes His Move -- 11. Chasing A Whale -- 12. The Spirit Of The Age -- 13. A War Against Women -- 14. What Readers Want -- 15. Bullies, Bluffers And Blackmailers -- Conclusion: Turn Of The Century. David Hastings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.