newspaper publisher

1. The proprietor of a newspaper (synset 110511160)
   is a type of: owner, proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
   subtypes: press lord - a powerful newspaper proprietor
   specific instances:

   • 1st baron beaverbrook, beaverbrook, william maxwell aitken - British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
   • alfred charles william harmsworth, harmsworth, viscount northcliffe - British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
   • benjamin harris, harris - publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
   • hearst, william randolph hearst - United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
   • joseph pulitzer, pulitzer - United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
   • james edmund scripps, scripps - United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)
   • edward wyllis scripps, scripps - United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
   same as: publisher
2. A business firm that publishes newspapers (synset 108079806)
   "Murdoch owns many newspapers"
   is a type of: publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house - a firm in the publishing business
   same as: newspaper, paper

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