At one point he owned both the San Francisco Examiner and New York Journal, which were both influential in keeping the news relevant and entertaining.
Initially, Hearst got his father to sell him the San Francisco Examiner. Previously, the paper had been anti-Lincoln and pro-slavery.
Initially, Hearst got his father to sell him the San Francisco Examiner. Previously, the paper had been anti-Lincoln and pro-slavery.
After the takeover, the paper took on a more provocative side on everything and attacked everyone. Its rhetoric even ended up pushing the United States into the Spanish-American War.
After a bad earthquake, the the San Francisco Examiner worked together with the San Francisco Chronicle to continue producing papers with one doing the morning edition and one doing the evening. This partnership lasted for over 30 years.
Hearst then purchased the New York Daily Journal. The paper was also controversial as it accelerated the rise of yellow journalism and included pictures and cartoons.
The idea behind the paper was that is was something that the middle class family could afford and would want to buy.
The paper competed with Pulitzer's New York World. This battle of papers is similar to the feud between today's New York Times and New York Post.
Today, the Hearst Corporation still does own numerous television, radio and newspaper companies. The company's namesake was the entrepreneur that made yellow journalism and provocative news popular. That change led journalism into a new age that led to where we are today.
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