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Introduction
Methodology and glossary
Part I: 1976-1980, invasion. Goodbye, Dolly: Schiff gives up the ship ; Sid Vicious takes over the philharmonic: Murdoch arrives, mayhem ensues ; Summer from hell: the blackout, son of Sam, Steve Dunleavy ; It was obscene! It was fantastic!: Koch, Koch, Koch ; Ravaging beasts: "Sam sleeps," page six, Roy Cohn, Studio 54 ; Severance: editorial exodus, modernization, a strike, Kelvin ; We wrote for the fans: Blackie, Billy, Reggie, George ; What the boss wants: dogs, bikinis, dead mobsters ; Criminal intent: guns, cops, race ; The golden, sodden age of Dunleavy: Steve's sons, epic benders, merry fucking Christmas ; Gutter rats: sports desk slugfests, damned Yankees, the back page
Part II: 1981-1987, evolution. It's all theater: an Oxford editor, Cindy and Joey, cocaine carnival ; A good measure of ruthlessness: kicking Kennedy, Roy Cohn's cons, Gubernatorial follies ; The page: staff shuffle, bodacious ta-tas, Paul Newman's dressing-down ; Kill the competition: the Post vs. the Daily News ; The loudest voice in the room; headlines and the stories that inspired them ; Art imitates Post: culture, entertainment and a bag of shit ; The wolves of South Street: bad boys on Deadline ; Armpit of the world: life and crime around 210 South Street ; The empire rises: Reagan, AIDS, Murdoch's big move ; Bonfire at 210: a new editor, tabloid TV, Teddy's revenge
Part III: 1998-1992, interregnum. Enter Kalikow: new owner, new editor, fewer Australians ; A scrappy tabloid doing its job: big scoops, massive debt, Posta nostra ; Who are these nuts?: Amy Fisher, Woody Allen, and Post gets raided-and pillages
Part IV: 1993-2024, Murdoch 2.0. Rupert's return: union strike-out, South Street move-out, Chinese takeout ; Col Pot: a brazen editor, 9/11, anthrax in the office ; Twenty-First-Century breakdown: Gephardt gaffe, digital fumbles, page six potboiler ; Politics as usual: Pols with penis problems, a pussy grabber runs for president ; Post-mortem
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Methodology and glossary
Part I: 1976-1980, invasion. Goodbye, Dolly: Schiff gives up the ship ; Sid Vicious takes over the philharmonic: Murdoch arrives, mayhem ensues ; Summer from hell: the blackout, son of Sam, Steve Dunleavy ; It was obscene! It was fantastic!: Koch, Koch, Koch ; Ravaging beasts: "Sam sleeps," page six, Roy Cohn, Studio 54 ; Severance: editorial exodus, modernization, a strike, Kelvin ; We wrote for the fans: Blackie, Billy, Reggie, George ; What the boss wants: dogs, bikinis, dead mobsters ; Criminal intent: guns, cops, race ; The golden, sodden age of Dunleavy: Steve's sons, epic benders, merry fucking Christmas ; Gutter rats: sports desk slugfests, damned Yankees, the back page
Part II: 1981-1987, evolution. It's all theater: an Oxford editor, Cindy and Joey, cocaine carnival ; A good measure of ruthlessness: kicking Kennedy, Roy Cohn's cons, Gubernatorial follies ; The page: staff shuffle, bodacious ta-tas, Paul Newman's dressing-down ; Kill the competition: the Post vs. the Daily News ; The loudest voice in the room; headlines and the stories that inspired them ; Art imitates Post: culture, entertainment and a bag of shit ; The wolves of South Street: bad boys on Deadline ; Armpit of the world: life and crime around 210 South Street ; The empire rises: Reagan, AIDS, Murdoch's big move ; Bonfire at 210: a new editor, tabloid TV, Teddy's revenge
Part III: 1998-1992, interregnum. Enter Kalikow: new owner, new editor, fewer Australians ; A scrappy tabloid doing its job: big scoops, massive debt, Posta nostra ; Who are these nuts?: Amy Fisher, Woody Allen, and Post gets raided-and pillages
Part IV: 1993-2024, Murdoch 2.0. Rupert's return: union strike-out, South Street move-out, Chinese takeout ; Col Pot: a brazen editor, 9/11, anthrax in the office ; Twenty-First-Century breakdown: Gephardt gaffe, digital fumbles, page six potboiler ; Politics as usual: Pols with penis problems, a pussy grabber runs for president ; Post-mortem
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