William Randolph Hearst

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William Randolph Hearst was a powerful American newspaper publisher and media magnate whose sensationalist journalism helped shape modern mass media and public opinion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
human
media proprietor
newspaper publisher
politician
birthDate 1863-04-29
birthPlace San Francisco, California, United States
built Hearst Castle
burialPlace Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
child David Whitmire Hearst
George Randolph Hearst
John Randolph Hearst
Randolph Apperson Hearst
William Randolph Hearst Jr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1951-08-14
deathPlace Beverly Hills, California, United States
educatedAt Harvard College
electedFrom New York's 11th congressional district
familyName Hearst
founded Hearst Corporation
fullName William Randolph Hearst
givenName William
inspiredCharacter Charles Foster Kane
inspiredWork Citizen Kane
memberOf United States House of Representatives
movement yellow journalism
notableFor building a large newspaper chain
influencing American public opinion
yellow journalism
notableResidence San Simeon, California, United States
occupation businessman
newspaper publisher
politician
owned Boston American
Chicago American
Los Angeles Examiner
New York Journal
San Francisco Examiner
parent George Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
politicalParty Democratic Party (United States)
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives
religion Protestantism
residence Hearst Castle
spouse Millicent Hearst
termEnd 1907
termStart 1903


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