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Kevin Brass skipped college to focus on a career as a writer and journalist. He quickly developed a humorous, satirical style that almost immediately led to his dismissal from his first full-time job. Since then, his features, columns and essays have been regularly featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Diego Magazine and the Los Angeles Times, covering everything from racism in small-town Texas to Angelina Jolie’s closet space. As a media critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Magazine, the Austin Chronicle and KPBS-FM, the San Diego NPR affiliate, he earned awards and praise for his commentaries on the forces shaping modern journalism and media coverage. His relationship with Hollywood includes lengthy ...more

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3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
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Who is to Blame for the Death of Newspapers?

It’s time for the newspaper industry to face reality. No more dancing around the obvious. The demise of the newspaper companies was no accident. And it was not the sad, inevitable result of that darn Internet.


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