Hearst

American

[hurst] / hɜrst /

noun

William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
his son William Randolph, Jr., 1908–1993, U.S. publisher and editor.

Hearst British

/ hɜːst /

noun

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

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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

Block published his newspaper in the morning while Hearst published an afternoon option.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Funding for the project was provided by Margaret and Will Hearst and the University of Chicago.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

After all, he was fighting the combined power of the Tammany Hall political machine and newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who united behind John Francis Hylan, a vaguely populist Brooklyn Democrat with few discernible positions.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

Hearst cared about drama, and Decker was very good at drama.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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