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    William Randolph Hearst

    American newspaper publisher

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  1. William Randolph Hearst Sr. (/ h ɜːr s t /; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher, and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications.

  2. Dec 15, 2009 · By the 1930s, he had built the nation’s largest media empire, including more than two dozen newspapers in major cities nationwide, magazines, wire and photo services, newsreels, radio stations...

  3. Apr 24, 2024 · William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built up the nation’s largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalism. Hearst was the only son of George Hearst, a gold-mine owner and U.S. senator from California (1886–91). The young Hearst

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · By the 1920s, one in every four Americans read a Hearst newspaper. Hearst’s media empire had grown to include 20 daily and 11 Sunday papers in 13 cities.

  5. May 21, 2018 · This newspaper was William Randolph Hearst's start as a newspaper mogul. At the Examiner , Hearst began his run at faking news and using sensationalism to sell papers. He paid top wages, attracted the best journalism talent, and sold newspapers.

  6. Shortly after, William Randolph Hearst purchased another newspaper, the New York Journal, which would become the second in a long list of newspaper holdings that he acquired in the next decade of his life. At his peak he owned more than two dozen newspapers nationwide; in fact, nearly one in four Americans got their news from a Hearst paper.

  7. Sep 21, 2021 · By the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst controlled the largest media empire in the country: 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations, and 13 magazines. He used...

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