A Pulitzer Prize winner's in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.

In this fascinating New York Times bestseller, the author of The Best and the Brightest, The Fifties, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century.

Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times, David Halberstam paints a portrait of the era when large, powerful mainstream media sources emerged as a force, showing how they shifted from simply reporting the news to becoming a part of it. By examining landmark events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt's masterful use of the radio and the unprecedented coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam demonstrates how print and broadcast media as a whole became a player in society and helped shape public policy.

Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the Seattle Times as "a monumental X-ray study of power," The Powers That Be reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read.
This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.

David Halberstam (1934-2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author. He is best known for both his courageous coverage of the Vietnam War for the New York Times, as well as for his twenty-one nonfiction books-which cover a wide array of topics, from the plight of Detroit and the auto industry to the captivating origins of baseball's fiercest rivalry. Halberstam wrote for numerous publications throughout his career and, according to journalist George Packer, single-handedly set the standard of "the reporter as fearless truth teller." Halberstam died in 2007.

• Cover
• Prelude
• Part I
  • Chapter 1 - CBS
  • Chapter 2 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 3 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 4 - CBS
  • Chapter 5 - The Washington Post
• Part II
  • Chapter 6 - The New York Times
  • Chapter 7 - CBS
  • Chapter 8 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 9 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 10 - CBS
  • Chapter 11 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 12 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 13 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 14 - CBS
  • Chapter 15 - The Los Angeles Times
• Part III
  • Chapter 16 - CBS
  • Chapter 17 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 18 - CBS
  • Chapter 19 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 20 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 21 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 22 - The Washington Post
• Part IV
  • Chapter 23 - CBS
  • Chapter 24 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 25 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 26 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 27 - CBS
  • Chapter 28 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 29 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 30 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 31 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 32 - CBS
• Epilogues
  • Chapter 33 - The Washington Post
  • Chapter 34 - The Los Angeles Times
  • Chapter 35 - Time Incorporated
  • Chapter 36 - CBS
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z
• A Biography of David Halberstam
• Copyright