Hearst

[ hurst ]

/ hɜrst /

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noun

William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.

his son, William Randolph, Jr., 1908–1993, U.S. publisher and editor.

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Words nearby Hearst

hear out, hearsay, hearsay evidence, hearsay rule, hearse, Hearst, Hearst, William Randolph, heart, heartache, heart and soul, heart attack

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How to use Hearst in a sentence

However, employee data from Condé Nast, Hearst and Vice and obtained by NBC News show newsrooms continue to lack diversity.
Media Briefing: ‘I literally didn’t sleep last night’: Publishers share their concerns about the future of data|Sara Jerde|February 25, 2021|Digiday
She is sitting in her office in Hearst’s New York headquarters.
Samira Nasr, a fashion first at Harper’s Bazaar: ‘I just want to bring more people with me to the party’|Robin Givhan|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
“This partnership with the Hearst brands is an interesting combination of performance marketing data, and brands that already have brand equity and customer bases,” said Idle Group’s founder and ceo Craig Schmeizer.
Hearst turns to first-party data to look for new brand licensing categories|Erika Wheless|February 10, 2021|Digiday
Hearst matched that money on a 2-to-1 basis and to bring the total money raised to $500,000, and the company donated an additional $250,000 apiece to the Equal Justice Initiative and NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Media Briefing: Media companies’ DE&I follow-throughs fall short|Tim Peterson|February 4, 2021|Digiday

Hearst is going into the new year hoping it can help solve them while strengthening their own post-cookie hand in the process.
Hearst’s CDS Global makes an identity play with single sign-on solution|Max Willens|January 13, 2021|Digiday
Hearst is to be released from prison and is planning to marry.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Patty Hearst's parents are separated, and he broods about which parent the girl will go to before her marriage.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to media reports, Amazon, 21st Century Fox, Hearst, and Condé Nast are all vying to acquire StyleHaul.
Inside StyleHaul, the Largest Fashion Network on YouTube You’ve Never Heard Of|Lizzie Crocker|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Michael Clinton, president of marketing at Hearst, just ran a marathon in Antarctica.
Joanna Coles: Why Cosmopolitan Does Sexy and Serious So Well|Lloyd Grove|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In any event, her efforts to apologize and/or clarify were dismissed as not enough, and she resigned from Hearst.
Helen Thomas, a Relentless White House Reporter With a Softer Side|Eleanor Clift|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This showed that Mr. Hearst was an expert, for he was really one of the best judges of minerals I ever met.
Seventy Years on the Frontier|Alexander Majors
Not even Hearst has accused Stalin of irregularity in his private life.
Class of '29|Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
Why don't you read Hearst and Hoover and make yourself an American?
Class of '29|Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
I told the story of some of these experiments in Hearst's Magazine for April, 1914.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition|Upton Sinclair
Now when thou hearst a team of corves coming along, pull yon end and open the door.
Facing Death|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for Hearst

Hearst

/ (hɜːst) /

noun

William Randolph. 1863–1951, US newspaper publisher, whose newspapers were noted for their sensationalism

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