Braithwaite, former director of Conde Nast, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Periodical Publishers Association in 1992. Here, he traces the history of newspapers and magazines in Britain from the post-WWII era to the present, and includes personal recollections from his career in the industry. Among the topics of discussion are the death of the national weeklies, the growth of teen magazines and glossy fashion and lifestyle magazines, the rival tabloid empires of Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch, and the relationship between trade unions and technology in the industry. The author also considers the end of Fleet Street's geographical pre-eminence, the threat from the Internet and other electronic and digital media, and the battle of the free London papers. The book is distributed in the US by Dufour Editions. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)