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The King Is Naked.
- Source :
- New Republic; 5/20/36, Vol. 87 Issue 1120, p35-38, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 1936
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Abstract
- Presents the profile of U.S.-based publisher William Randolph Hearst. Personal background of Hearst; Academic achievements of Hearst; Use of his newspaper "The San Francisco Examiner," in promoting political campaigns; Qualities of distraction in journalism promoted by Hearst; Contribution of Hearst to the field of journalism; Appointment of Sam Chamberlain as the managing editor of the periodical to promote Parisian sentiments as opposed to Anglo-Saxon tradition; Exposure of the connections between politicians and underworld in the periodical; Features of a campaign carried by he periodical against the Southern Pacific, as the dominant and most bitterly hated monopoly in California of that period; Purchase of the "New York Journal," by Hearst; Efforts of Hearst to increase the circulation of the Journal; Support of Hearst to U.S. orator and politician William Jennings Bryan; Amount of profit generated through all of his periodicals; Books recently published describing the life of Hearst.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 87
- Issue :
- 1120
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 15056760