{"product_id":"book-ctz2","title":"Merchants of Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003eFormer executive editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and one of our most eminent journalists Jill Abramson provides a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e“valuable and insightful” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade, as shown via \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etwo legacy (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and two upstart (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e) companies as they plow through a revolution that pits old vs. new media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A marvelous book” (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMerchants of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e is the groundbreaking and gripping story of the precarious state of the news business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe new digital reality nearly kills two venerable newspapers with an aging readership while creating two media behemoths with a ballooning and fickle audience of millennials. “Abramson provides this deeply reported insider account of an industry fighting for survival. With a keen eye for detail and a willingness to interrogate her own profession, Abramson takes readers into the newsrooms and boardrooms of the legacy newspapers and the digital upstarts that seek to challenge their dominance” (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e). We get to know the defenders of the legacy presses as well as the outsized characters who are creating the new speed-driven media competitors. The players include Jeff Bezos and Marty Baron (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e Arthur Sulzberger and Dean Baquet (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Jonah Peretti (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e), and Shane Smith (\u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e) as well as their reporters and anxious readers\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerchants of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e raises crucial questions that concern the well-being of our society. We are facing a crisis in trust that threatens the free press. “One of the best takes yet on journalism’s changing fortunes” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), Abramson’s book points us to the future.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347223585072,"sku":"BDctz2","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347223617840,"sku":"10ctz2","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ctz2-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773688195","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ctz2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}