William Randolph Hearst Piret Ploom 10 d klass

William Randolph Hearst Piret Ploom 10 d klass

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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