Collison of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Baron, Martin

ISBN 10: 1250844207 / ISBN 13: 9781250844200

Published by Flatiron Books, 2023

About this Item

Signed First Edition, First Printing of this memoir of the eventful reign of former Washington Post Editor Martin Baron. Early in Baron's editorship, the venerable paper experienced a dramatic change of ownership when Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos purchased the company from the long-tenured Graham family. Then came one of the most news-packed and treacherous periods in the Post's history with the political rise and first presidential term of Donald Trump along with the Covid-19 pandemic and nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd. The Post broke a deluge of scoops while a vindictive president seethed and the newsroom wondered if their new owner could handle threats against his larger business empire. Meanwhile, the financial model for newspapers deteriorated. Signed by Martin Baron on a publisher's bookplate on the front endpaper. 548 pages, illustrated. No sign of previous use.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collison of Power: Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post (Signed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Flatiron Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250844207
• ISBN 13: 9781250844200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

“A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil.” ―The New York Times Book Review

Politics. Money. Media. Tech. …It’s all here in Collision of Power.

“All the President's Men for a new generation.” ―Town & Country

Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Postnewsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Just over two years later, Donald Trump won the presidency.

Now, the capital’s newspaper, owned by one of the world’s richest men, was tasked with reporting on a president who had campaigned against the press as the “lowest form of humanity.” Pressures on Baron and his colleagues were immense and unrelenting, having to meet the demands of their new owner while contending with a president who waged a war of unprecedented vitriol and vengeance against the media.

In the face of Trump’s unceasing attacks, Baron steadfastly managed the Post’s newsroom. Their groundbreaking and award-winning coverage included stories about Trump’s purported charitable giving, misconduct by the Secret Service, and Roy Moore’s troubling sexual history. At the same time, Baron managed a restive staff during a period of rapidly changing societal dynamics around gender and race.
In Collision of Power, Baron recounts this with the tenacity of a reporter and the sure hand of an experienced editor. The result is elegant and revelatory―an urgent exploration of the nature of power in the 21st century.

About the Author

Martin Baron is a longtime journalist and newspaper editor. He ran the newsrooms of The Miami Herald and The Boston Globe before being named executive editor of The Washington Post in 2013. His role in launching an investigation of the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy was portrayed in the Academy Award-winning movie “Spotlight.” Baron retired from daily journalism in early 2021 and now splits his time between Western Massachusetts and New York City. Collision of Power is his first book