Hall, Sandra
Tabloid Man: The Life and Times of Ezra Norton
ISBN: 0732282594
Book Number: 52136
Fourth Estate 2008. 8vo softcover 335pp near fine. Index. Illustrated with photos. In 1922 Ezra Norton inherited the newspaper Truth from his father, John. Norton Senior was a fiery polemicist and fierce drinker who used the paper to castigate his enemies and indulge his biases. He even fought out his differences with his wife in its pages by publishing their divorce proceedings. Truth and later its stablemate the Daily Mirror made Ezra Norton one of the key media figures of his day. His notorious feud with Frank Packer led to a fist fight at Randwick racecourse. And his newspapers adopted and promoted his father′s muckraking style to turn the Norton brand of tabloid journalism into an institution. Yet for someone who profited from others′ scandals, Ezra Norton was an unusually private man.
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