The godfather of tabloid
Subtitle: Generoso Pope Jr. and the National enquirer
By: Jack Vitek.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780813125039
Subjects: Pope, Generoso, -- 1927-1988; National enquirer (New York, N.Y. : 1957) -- History; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography; Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Tabloid newspapers -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: "They're hard to miss at grocery stores and newsstands in America - the colorful, heavily illustrated tabloid newspapers with headlines promising shocking, unlikely, and sometimes impossible stories within. Although the papers are now ubiquitous, the supermarket tabloid's origin can be traced to one man: Generoso Pope Jr., an eccentric, domineering chain-smoker who died of a heart attack at age sixty-one. In The Godfather of Tabloid, Jack Vitek explores the life and remarkable career of Pope and the founding of the most famous tabloid of all - the National Enquirer. Grounded in interviews with many of Pope's supporters, detractors, and associates, The Godfather of Tabloid is the first comprehensive biography of the man who created a genre and changed the world of publishing forever."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The man in perspective; title: Family connections; title: Kid Wheeler-Dealer; title: Friends in low places; title: From gore to groceries; title: Florida : a second start; title: Rocketing up; title: Perfecting the formula; title: Lantana 33464; title: The million-dollar tree : ho! ho! ho!; title: Washington garbage; title: Manufacturing "truth"; title: The peak of tabloid : Elvis; title: Star wars : Hollywood versus the Enquirer; title: Reporter as gladiator; title: Wacky world news (tabloid II); title: Anger as satire; title: Second peak (two gardeners' stories); title: Sudden death, ironically; title: The Enquirer after Pope; title: Pope in perspective.