Hearst
Americannoun
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William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
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his son William Randolph, Jr., 1908–1993, U.S. publisher and editor.
noun
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The streaming giant has signed agreements with publishers including Penske Media, BuzzFeed Studios, Conde Nast, Hearst Magazines and People Inc. to feature a range of news, lifestyle, celebrity and how-to video programming.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Members of the Hearst and Soros families own homes there, along with legendary commodities trader Helmut Weymar and Amos Hostetter, a Boston-based billionaire and philanthropist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
What’s happened in tech media the past few years has been an inversion of that old principle often attributed to William Randolph Hearst.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
Funding for the project was provided by Margaret and Will Hearst and the University of Chicago.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
All in all, Eliot Hearst observed in Chess Life, the Candidates tournament had furnished “a series of early-round surprises that are probably without parallel in chess history.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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