press lord
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of press lord
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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RKO resisted a reported $800,000 offer from rival studio bosses fearful of a Hearst smear campaign and eager to appease the press lord by buying and burying "Kane."
From Chicago Tribune
The first major arrival of foreign money came in 1985, when Australian press lord Rupert Murdoch bought 20th Century Fox for $575 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
His mother Corinne is the daughter of Eugene Pulliam, a conservative Hoosier press lord who dominated the state as the publisher of the Indianapolis News and the Indianapolis Star.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even so, the press lord is now feeling like a king of the pit: "I guess I kind of scored one for the amateurs and for the old folks," he boasts.
From Time Magazine Archive
In America, where monopoly ownership has made many newspapers fair, bland and unadventuresome, Rupert Murdoch, the invading Australian press lord, set out to buck the trend.
From Time Magazine Archive
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