USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hearst acquired more newspapers and created a chain that numbered nearly 30 papers in major American cities at its peak. He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Randolph Hearst (d. 1951), the son of a successful miner, became proprietor of The San Francisco Examiner at age 24 in 1887. He went on to acquire additional newspapers before entering into radio broadcasting and television. Hearst became a New York Congressman in 1902.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through dishonest and exaggerated reportage, Hearst’s newspapers whipped up public sentiment against Spain so much that they actually helped cause the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hearst entered the Chicago market in 1900 by establishing the Chicago American, an evening paper; in 1902, he started a morning edition, the Chicago Examiner. In 1918, Hearst also bought the long-established Chicago Herald and merged it with his morning paper to form the Herald-Examiner.

Detailed explanation-5: -Led by newspaper owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, journalism of the 1890s used melodrama, romance, and hyperbole to sell millions of newspapers–a style that became known as yellow journalism.