William Randolph Hearst
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William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He laid the foundation for the Hearst family's mass media empire via his control of the Hearst Corporation. His extravagant
Hearst, c. 1910
Hearst c. 1885
An ad asking automakers to place ads in Hearst chain, noting their circulation
A caricature of Hearst published in The Wasp, November 21, 1896
Hearst Castle
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Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada, is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon, and h
William Randolph Hearst
…inspiration for Charles Foster Kane, the lead character in Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane (1941), with Kane's Xanadu representative of the real-life Hearst Castle. The castle, constructed on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean near San Simeon, California, has been preserved as a State Historical Monument and is…
The bell tower of the restored Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Marion Davies – Hearst's lover since 1918, and chatelaine of Hearst Castle
A publicity shot for Citizen Kane