... him immunity from the antimonopoly law that had in previous years sent other corporate executives to jail. The Hearst Corporation "owned nine newspapers, ten broadcasting stations, twenty-six magazines, and a book publishing house" (Bagdikian 90). Nixon knew that if he did not exempt Berlin from the law, his actions would be remembered, come the next election. This illustrates that the government ... ads from businesses were successful because their production costs were significantly lower than newspapers that were not ad-based. As a result, ad-free newspapers took a plunge in the medi...

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