Join Les Hinton, with Sally Warhaft, at THe Wheeler Centre for a discussion about his new book The Bootle Boy: an untidy life in news.
As Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man for more than 50 years, Les Hinton has enjoyed both a close-up and a long view of the radical changes that have swept through the newspaper business.
His new book, The Bootle Boy, is a memoir of his progress through the ranks of the Murdoch Empire. Prior to stepping down in 2011, Hinton oversaw the administration of mastheads including the Times, the News of the World and Wall Street Journal; newspapersthat, for better or for worse, shaped destinies and held a stake in world affairs. In the book, Hinton gives an insider’s account of the media jostlings of major political figures, provides his own perspective on the phone-hacking scandal and reflects on changing revenue models for newspapers.
With Sally Warhaft, Hinton will discuss the past, present and future of print – and life alongside the man he calls ‘an authentic colossus’, Rupert Murdoch.
About the author
Les Hinton was born in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1944, the son of a British Army sergeant. For the first 15 years of his life he lived in Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Germany, Singapore, and numerous places in Britain. In 1959, his family emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, where he became a copy boy in a small evening newspaper owned by a rising young publisher, Rupert Murdoch. In the next 52 years, as Murdoch grew his empire, Hinton travelled the world, first as a correspondent, later as one of Murdoch’s most senior executives. He lives with his wife Kath in New York and London. This is his first book.
