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       I would like to study William Randolph Hearst. He could take the struggling San Francisco Examiner and redid it into a thriving and interesting newspaper. In 1935 he owned 28 Major papers, 18 magazines, radio stations, movie companies, and news services that was at the peak of his perfection. I think I want to be an editor and he is my inspiration that mite make me a thriving editor.

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                   William Randolph Hearst was destined to be a rich famous writer.  He had everything from a mansion to a loving mom. In 1935 William owned: 28 major papers, 18 magazines, radio stations, and news services. This is the life of William Randolph Hearst.

William Randolph Hearst was born on April 29, 1863, in San Francisco, California. He was an only child of George and Phoebe Hearst. His parents had very important jobs. George was a senator, a miner, and for a short time an editor. Phoebe was a teacher. William had a luxury, rich life. He had the best education his multimillionaire father could buy. William had private tutors, private schools, not to mention the two trips to Europe before he was 16, but no school, tutors, or education could stop him from getting him often expelled. In 1880 he developed an interest in writing while he worked at his father’s newspaper.

He got expelled from Harvard for sending seven engraved silver chamber pots to his professors. Then 2 years later he went to work for his father. Then in 1885 he was allowed to return to Harvard but he still played tricks on his professors.  From 1902-1904 he won the election for House of Representatives. Then 5 years after dating a girl named Millicent he was happily married to her in the spring of April 28^th, 1903. A year later they had a son named George Randolph Hearst. Little did they know they would have another baby boy every year for the next four years. They all lived in a mansion in San Simeon, California.

Then sadly three years after creating comics he died. He was 58 years old and he died in Beverly Hills, California on August 14, 1951.

In his lifetime William Randolph Hearst revolutionized newspapers, pioneered comics, built a family, and his sons carried on a legacy that he started. That legacy many people say different things but I say his sons of America are still carrying on the legacy of revolutionizing the news. 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

William Randolph Hearst. San Francisco: Penguin Publisher, 1990.

 McKerns, Joseph, P. “William Randolph Hearst.”  World Book Online Encyclopedia. 2010 World Book Online. 15, April 2010. http://world bookonline.com

“William Randolph Hearst.”  Encyclopedia of World Book Online. World Book Online 14 April 2010. http://world bookonline.com