2010

Paul Pope and his mother Lois Pope are featured with celebrities Kelly Bensimon, Joey Fatone and Anna Kornikova at the star-studded launch of Paul’s book, The Deeds of My Fathers.

About

The Pope Media Center is the official archive of one of the most powerful, wealthy and influential Italian-American families of the 20th century. This explosive content documents the meteoric rise of the Pope family empire and contains wild tales of international politicians, corruption, mobsters, affairs, celebrities, the building of New York’s greatest landmarks and the genesis of tabloid journalism. From the historical beginnings of the National Enquirer to the recent confessions of Paul Pope, The Pope Media Center chronicles the ongoing Pope family saga.

The Pope Media Center contains more than seven terabytes of every form of original media starting in the early 1900s through present day. It provides an insider’s view of the development of our modern age.

Historically relevant and culturally provocative, The Pope Media Center took more than two decades to compile and includes hundred s of interviews with politicians, gangsters, government agents, celebrities and industry titans. It contains thousands of photos, secret FBI and CIA files, archival material from presidential libraries, and hundreds of hours of film and video footage productions.

1965

After his second divorce, Gene Pope did not marry again for three years. He then married Lois Berrodin Wood in 1965. Sh e had two children from her previous marriage , Maria and Michele. Paul David Pope was born in 1967, and his sister Lorraine came along in 1972.

1957

Gene Pope, son of Generoso, is shown after borrowing money from the Mob to purchase the struggling newspaper, the New York Enquirer. – 1957

1935

A s a hero to the Italian – American community, Generoso Pope Sr. consults with President Franklin D. Roosevelt after initiating a letter writing campaign to encourage the U.S. to send relief to Italy after the League of Nations votes for economic and trade sanctions against the country. -1935

1906

Generoso at the age of 15, a penniless teen who arrives in the United States with ambitions that will lead him to build the most famous landmarks in New York including Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall and Yankee Stadium among many, many more. – 1906

1985