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The Powerful and the Damned - by Lionel Barber (Paperback)

The Powerful and the Damned - by  Lionel Barber (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Lionel Barber was Editor of the <i>Financial Time</i>s for the tech boom, the global financial crisis, the rise of China, Brexit, and mainstream media's fight for survival in the age of fake news. In this unparalleled, no-holds-barred diary of life behind the headlines, he reveals the private meetings and exchanges with political leaders on the eve of referendums, the conversations with billionaire bankers facing economic meltdown, exchanges with Silicon Valley tech gurus, and pleas from foreign emissaries desperate for inside knowledge, all against the backdrop of a wildly shifting media landscape.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lionel Barber </b>was the Editor of the <i>Financial Times</i> from 2005 until January 2020, widely credited with transforming the <i>FT </i>from a newspaper publisher into a multi-channel global news organization. During his editorship the <i>FT</i> passed the milestone of one million paying readers, winning many international awards and accolades for its journalism. The <i>FT</i> was named newspaper/news provider of the year in Britain's press awards in 2008, 2017, and 2019.

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