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 Independent reported that press lord Rupert Murdoch, usually an antiroyalist, has had drinks with the princess at Kensington Palace.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another KKR fight fizzled last week when the Macmillan publishing firm accepted a $2.5 billion offer from British financier and press lord Robert Maxwell.
From Time Magazine Archive
A business associate of the American press lord William Randolph Hearst, Shoriki echoed Hearst's populist impulses in his own dictum, "Do not trust experts because they know nothing of the masses."
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
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