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Decades ago, newspaper publishers, beer barons and mining titans owned teams.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2016

Investors immediately bid up the market price from $7.20 to $10.50, figuring that the anti-Clore beer barons would try to outbid him and that Clore would then boost his price.

From Time Magazine Archive

When one of Milwaukee's beer barons asked the paper to go light on his May-December marriage to his secretary, the Journal splashed the story over a full page.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the Wall Street Journal disclosed that Beck, 43, never served in Viet Nam and has no ties to any beer barons.

From Time Magazine Archive