Northcliffe
Americannoun
noun
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St John Harmsworth – brother of newspaper magnates Lords Northcliffe and Rothermere – made Perrier a byword for mineral water across the British empire.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Attractive, stylish and photogenic, she was perfect casting for the tabloids that had been ushered in by the press baron Lord Northcliffe, whose infamous motto was “Get Me a Murder a Day”.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2019
The keynote address, on the theme of idiolect — the distinctive speech patterns of particular characters — was delivered by John Mullan, Lord Northcliffe chair of modern English literature at University College London.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2017
Northcliffe “is a wicked man for whom I have real contempt,” Margot writes.
From Economist ● Jul. 24, 2014
Sent for Northcliffe and told him that unless my articles are treated with more respect I cannot go on and the War will be lost.
From Punch or the London Charivari, October 10, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
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