William Randolph
Hearst
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William Randolph Hearst
• April 29, 1863 – August 14,
1951.
• Was an American newspaper
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magnate and leading
newspaper publisher.
Went at St. Paul’s School and
the Harvard College.
Five sons
Is buried in the Hearst family
Cypress Lawn Cemetery in
Colma , California .
• Was twice elected as a Democrat to the U.S House of
Representatives.
• In 1905 and 1909 , Mayor of New York City .
• In 1906 , Governor of New York .
• In 1910 , Lieutenant Governor of New York .
• He was also a prominent leader of the liberal wing of the
Democratic Party from 1896 to 1935.
Publishing business
• In 1887 took the control of The San Francisco
Examiner.
• In 1896 bought New York Morning Journal.
• He created nearly 30 major newspapers over the
America.
• Created the largest newspaper and magazine
business in the world.
Most famous magazines and
newspapers.
• New York Morning Journal.
• The San Francisco
Examiner .
• Washington Times.
• Chicago Examiner .
• Detroit Times.
• Los Angeles Examiner .
• Boston American .
• Seattle Post- Intelligencer .
• Atlanta Georgian .
• Cosmopolitan .
• Good Housekeeping.
• Town and Country .
• Harper’s Bazaar .
Other works
• He opened two news services : Universal News and
International News Service .
• Radio station WINS in New York .
• Book publishing company .
• A film company .
• Was sponsor of the first round-the-world voyage in an
airship ,the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin.
• Restored St.Donat’s Castle in 1925 .
Novels and Movies about Hearst
• In 1939 Aldous Huxley’s novel “After Many A Summer
Dies the Swan” .
• Gore Vidal’s “Narratives of Empire” historic novels.
• Ayn Rand’s “ The Fountainhead ”.
• In 1933 , “ Gabriel Over the White House “.
• In the Family Guy episode “420” .
• Peter Bogdanovich film The Cat’s Meow , in 2001.
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