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William Randolph Hearst, final edition 1911-1951
William Randolph Hearst was a figure of Shakespearean proportions, a man of huge ambition, inflexible will, and inexhaustible energy. He revolutionized the newspaper industry in America. In this biography, Ben Procter gives readers a vivid portrait of the final 40 years of Hearst's life.
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William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was a figure of Shakespearean proportions, a man of huge ambition, inflexible will, and inexhaustible energy.He revolutionized the newspaper industry in America, becoming the most powerful media mogul the world had ever seen, and in the process earned himself the title of \"most hated man in America\" on four different.
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William Randolph Hearst
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Government by Newspaper. 2. The Most Hated Man in America. 3. The Sword and Shield of the People. 4. Notable Successes Except in Politics. 5. End of a Political Dream. 6. Hollywood, San Simeon, and Expansion. 7. Solutions to Depression and President Maker. 8. A Jeffersonian Democrat Versus the New Deal. 9. Promoting the Red Scare. 10. Nightmare of Insolvency in a World at War. 11. Last Years and Final Edition. Notes. Index
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American experience. Citizen Hearst. Part one
After taking control of the San Francisco Examiner in 1887, William Randolph Hearst was eager to try his luck in New York. Hearst bought the failing Journal in 1895 and turned it into a sensation. He earned the loyalty of the city’s population of newly arrived immigrants by railing against monopolistic businesses and championing the working class, using the medium to increase his influence.
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American experience. Citizen Hearst. Part two
Hearst began producing newsreels and serialized dramas, and he reigned over Hollywood society. One of his films starred a young actress named Marion Davies, and Hearst was instantly smitten. In the 1930s, as the Depression devastated the country, Hearst’s politics evolved, and he became out of touch with readers. Circulation numbers dropped and Hearst found himself $78 million in debt.
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Una Legua Cuadrada: Exploring the History of Swanton Pacific Ranch and Environs
Swanton Pacific Ranch is an educational and research facility owned by the Cal Poly Corporation and managed by the Cal Poly State University (Cal Poly) College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Located about 180 miles north of campus and just 14 miles north of Santa Cruz, California on Highway 1, the property was first leased to and then donated to Cal Poly by the late Albert E. Smith in 1993. The rancho’s original inhabitants included Native Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, as well as various European immigrants and their descendants; currently, the staff, faculty, and students of Cal Poly occupy the land. Each of these groups used the land’s rich environment for a variety of purposes from subsistence to financial and intellectual pursuits. Over time, researchers and local historians have discussed specific aspects of the Swanton Pacific Ranch and its environs, particularly concerning its occupants, land use (e.g. businesses, farming, research), and land features (e.g. geology, botany). The following work offers a more cohesive, descriptive narrative of the land and its people organized chronologically from prehistory to the present.
Dissertation
Henry George in Australia: Where the Landowners Are \More Destructive than the Rabbit or the Kangaroo\
Some biographies of Henry George give brief accounts of his lecture tour of Australia in 1890, based mainly on his diary and on reports he sent back from Australia for publication in his New York newspaper, \"The Standard.\" This study supplements previous accounts with further details of the 48 lectures and 9 Sunday sermons he gave in 38 towns and cities during his 98-day stay in Australia, based on contemporary Australian newspaper reports. With an obvious proviso about the accuracy of the reporting, the Australian lectures are a valuable source of additional information on George's life and policies.
Journal Article
Family ties and chains of ownership: \The Expositor\ from Thomas Hiram Preston to Conrad Moffat Black, 1890-1997
This thesis examines the ownership history of The Expositor, a mid-sized daily newspaper in Brantford, Ontario. In doing so, it explores the demise of independent family ownership of newspapers and the steadily intensifying processes of consolidation within the Canadian newspaper industry through the twentieth century. The thesis follows a chain of ownership of The Expositor from its 1890 purchase by Thomas Hiram Preston through to its 1971 sale to Southam Press Ltd. and onward to its present ownership by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. Chapter One details the historiography of Canadian newspaper studies and explains the interdisciplinary nature of this work. It examines the dynamics of concentration and the tension between the newspaper as a business and the newspaper as a public service accountable to the community. Chapter Two focuses on the genesis and development of the Preston family dynasty from 1890 to 1946 when the processes of consolidation emerged. It emphasizes the entrepreneurial skills of T. H. Preston in succeeding in the highly-competitive newspaper industry that developed in the early century. Chapter Three examines the years from 1946 to 1971 when the third generation Prestons inherited and ran the newspaper through a period when family-owned newspapers were increasingly sold to chains. It focuses on the business and family pressures that led to the sale of their newspaper. Chapter Four covers the period from 1971 to 1997, exploring Southam's ownership of The Expositor and the subsequent takeover of that chain by Hollinger Inc. It concludes that concentration of Canadian newspaper ownership occurred newspaper by newspaper, family by family, as general economic forces and specific business factors caused independent, family newspaper owners to sell their assets to acquisitive newspaper chains.
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