The godfather of tabloid

Vitek, Jack.

The godfather of tabloid Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer / [electronic resource] : Jack Vitek. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008. - viii, 290 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-283) and index.

The man in perspective -- Family connections -- Kid Wheeler-Dealer -- Friends in low places -- From gore to groceries -- A second start -- Rocketing up -- Perfecting the formula -- Lantana 33464 -- The million-dollar tree : ho! ho! ho! -- Washington garbage -- Manufacturing "truth" -- The peak of tabloid : Elvis -- Reporter as gladiator -- Star wars : Hollywood versus the Enquirer -- Wacky world news (tabloid II) -- Anger as satire -- Second peak (two gardeners' stories) -- Sudden death, ironically -- The Enquirer after Pope -- Pope in perspective.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Pope, Generoso, 1927-1988.


National enquirer (New York, N.Y. : 1957)--History.


Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.
Newspaper publishing--History--United States--20th century.
Tabloid newspapers--History.--United States


Electronic books.

Z473.P57 / V58 2008eb

070.5/722092 B