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Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 0380978210; Very minor wear on the clean,

Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 0380978210; Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Contents are almost as new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ.; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 2000. 9-1/2" Tall, VIII + 376pp. White boards, black spine, bright gold spine lettering. Facsimile of the author's signatureis debossed on the front cover. "Love it or hate it, create it or repeat it, America is obsessed with gossip. Here is a fascinating look at five decades of dish: a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the personalities who control what we read and see; the unholy and unchanging trinity of celebrity, publicist, and reporter that has stoked the American appetite for gossip from the salad days of silver-screen magazines to the instantaneous comunication of the scoop-filled Internet. " Some Chapters: The War against CONFIDENTIAL; Mike Wallace-Shaking the building; The Divas; Tabloid glory days; 60 MINUTES; Gossip goes mainstream; The death of a king; Celebrities fight back; Tina Brown; The Good Old Gal and the tycoon; The rise of tabloid television; P. R. Muscle; A struggle for respectability; The tabloid princess......Extensive Bibliography. Index.