Independent Newspapers

A History

Mark O'Brien, Kevin Rafter

• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Year: 2020
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781846829390
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: History

For over a century, Independent Newspapers has been the most successful media organization in Ireland. From William Martin Murphy to Tony O'Reilly, the newspaper group has long been at the center of public life, often in controversial circumstances. In this revealing book, leading scholars examine the interaction between proprietors and the newspapers, the company's journalists and journalism, and the relationship between the newspapers and Irish society. Contents include: The Origins of Independent Newspapers * William Martin Murphy * Tim Harrington, Editor 1905-31 * The Irish Independent and the Irish Revolution * Tom Grehan: An Advertising Pioneer * 'Irish Ireland' and the Irish Independent * Frank Geary, Editor 1935-61 * Independent Newspapers and the Emergency * Independent Newspapers and Post-War Society * Hector Legge and the Sunday Independent * The Changing of the Guard: 1961-73 * Vinne Doyle, Editor 1981-2005 * Independent Newspapers as Employer * Independent Newspapers and the Newspaper Market * Independent Newspapers as a Global Organization * Proprietors and Independent Newspapers

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of illustrations
• List of contributors
• Preface
• 1. Parnellite politics and the origins of Independent Newspapers
• 2. The life and career of William Martin Murphy
• 3. No longer a political side show: T.R. Harrington and the ‘new’ Irish Independent, 1905-31
• 4. Nationalist in the broadest sense: the Irish Independent and the Irish revolution
• 5. Tom Grehan: advertising pioneer and newspaperman
• 6. ‘Irish-Ireland’ and the Irish Inependent, 1905-22
• Plates
• 7. ‘The best interests of the nation’: Frank Geary, the Irish Independent and the Spanish civil war
• 8. ‘May we safely refer to the Land League?’: Independent Newspapers and Emergency censorship, 1939-45
• 9. The politics of despair: Independent Newspapers and post-war Irish society
• 10. A tale of ‘womanly intuition’: Hector Legge at the Sunday Independent, 1940-70
• 11. The changing of the guard at Middle Abbey Street, 1961-73
• 12. ‘The sense of history’: working at Independent House
• 13. Heavy lifter or great news-hound? The editorship of Vincent Doyle, 1981-2005
• 14. Independent Newspapers and Irish society, 1973-98
• 15. Global players: Tony O’Reilly and Independent News & Media
• 16. Profits, politics and personal position: the role of the proprietor
• Index