William Randolph Hearst

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William Randolph Hearst

• April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951. • Was an American newspaper • • •

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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