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newspaper publisher

DEFINITIONS OF: newspaper publisher

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n the proprietor of a newspaper

Synonyms:
publisher
Examples:
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William Maxwell Aitken
British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth
British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
Benjamin Harris
publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
William Randolph Hearst
United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
Joseph Pulitzer
United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
James Edmund Scripps
United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)
Edward Wyllis Scripps
United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
Types:
press lord
a powerful newspaper proprietor
Type of:
owner, proprietor
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

n a business firm that publishes newspapers

Synonyms:
newspaper, paper
Type of:
publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house
a firm in the publishing business
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