Man Bites Murdoch

Four Decades In Print, Six Days In Court

Bruce Guthrie

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MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
01 August 2011

Memoirs; Society & Social Sciences; Media studies; Press & journalism

An unflinching account of the power plays and relationships that helped shaped modern media in Australia, and an inspiring story of one man's victory over a formidable foe.

Man Bites Murdoch is Bruce Guthrie's explosive account of almost

40 years in the news business, his brutal dismissal from Australia's

biggest selling paper, the celebrated court case that exposed the inner

workings of the world's biggest media company and the treachery of its

most senior executives.

Guthrie survived tuberculosis,

Melbourne's gritty northern suburbs and a boss who twice tried to sack

him in his first six months in newspapers, to become a foreign

correspondent and then one of Australia's feistiest and most

controversial editors. His CV boasts editorships of The Age, The Sunday Age, Herald Sun, Who Weekly, The Weekend Australian Magazine, even a stint at America's celeb-news bible, People.

Then, just as he claimed one of the industry's most glittering prizes,

he fell foul of Rupert Murdoch and his henchmen, who promptly dispensed

with his services. What would any self-respecting Broadmeadows boy do in

such circumstances? Sue them, of course.

Man Bites Murdoch

exposes the back rooms of Australian business, politics and media and

offers a front-row seat at the many seismic events that played out over

the last 20 years, including Murdoch's relentless push for growth both

here and overseas, young Warwick Fairfax's ill-fated takeover of the

family company and the extraordinary impact of the internet.

By: Bruce Guthrie
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9780522858488
ISBN 10: 0522858481
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for Man Bites Murdoch: Four Decades In Print, Six Days In Court

"Journalists, media junkies, some of the players and politicians will no doubt sink their teeth into Man Bites Murdoch...an insider's read, sprinkled with tales of bastardry and double-dealing."" —Malcolm Schmidtke, The Spectator Australia ""Guthrie's two-finger salute to News joins Paul Barry's The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer, as a must-read title on the bizarre, fascinating and 60s throwback worlds that are the boardrooms of Australian media."" —David Knight, Adelaide Review ""Man Bites Murdoch contains a treasure trove of titbits that will have media watchers feverishly scanning the index when it hits bookshops."" —Andrew Crook, Crikey"