William Randolph Hearst: The Newspapers

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Screaming headlines, sensational stories and captivating illustrations changed the fate of the failing San Francisco Examiner under the proprietorship of William Randolph Hearst.

"Circulation! Circulation! Circulation!" became the battle cry in the newsroom of the Examiner, and all of the other publications that would become part of the Hearst publishing empire.

The number of Hearst newspapers grew to more than thirty, and circulation peaked with one in four Americans starting their Sunday morning with a Hearst newspaper.

the Newspapers

Albany, New York
- Times-Union, purchased 1924
Atlanta, Georgia
- Daily Georgian, purchased 1912; also known as the Daily
Baltimore, Maryland
- American, purchased 1923
- News, purchased 1923, renamed News-Post
Boston, Massachusettes
- American, established 1904
- Daily Advertiser, purchased 1917
- Record, purchased 1920 or 1921; merged with the Boston American 1921
- Sunday Advertiser, established 1921; blend of Daily Advertiser and Record
Chicago, Illinois
- American, established 1900
- Examiner, established 1902; merged with the Chicago Herald 1918
- Record Herald, purchased 1918, merged with the Examiner; renamed Herald-Examiner
Detroit, Michigan
- Times, purchased 1921
Los Angeles, California
- Examiner, established 1903
- Herald, purchased 1922
- Express, purchased 1931
- Herald-Express, established 1931 from merger of the Herald and Express
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin News, purchased 1918
- Sentinel, purchased 1924
New York City, New York
- Morning Journal, purchased 1895; renamed American
- Das Morgan Journal, included in the purchase of the Morning Journal, 1895
- Evening Journal, established 1896
- Morning Advertiser, purchased 1897; killed the same year
- Mirror, established 1924
Oakland, California
- Post Enquirer, purchased 1922
Omaha, Nebraska
- News-Bee, purchased 1928
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sun-Telegraph, purchased 1927
- Post-Gazette, date unknown
Rochester, New York
- Journal, purchased 1922
San Antonio, Texas
- Light, purchased 1924
San Francisco, California
- Examiner, became proprietor 1887
- Morning Call, purchased 1913
- Evening Post, purchased 1913
- Bulletin, purchased 1929
- Call-Bulletin, established 1929 from merger of the Bulletin and the Morning Call
Seattle, Washington
- Post-Intelligencer, purchased 1921
Syracuse, New York
- Telegram, purchased 1922
- Journal, purchased 1925; merged with the Telegram
Washington, D.C.
- Times, purchased c. 1917-1919
- Herald, purchased 1922

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