William Randolph Hearst and Matt Lauer

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Born in San Francisco in 1863, 29th of April

Became “Proprietor” of the San Francisco Examiner at age 23 Studied at Harvard

Inspired by Joseph Pulitzer

Son of George Hearst, a newspaper proprietor

Died on August 14, 1951

William Randolph Hearst

Early career Took over the San Francisco

Examiner in 1887 Acquired the New York

Morning Journal in 1895 Launched Evening Journal in

1896 Gained a reputation of

employing the best journalists available: Ambrose Bierce, Stephan Crane, Mark Twain, Richard Harding Davis, and Jack London

At his peak, owned: 28 major newspapers, 18 magazines, and Several radio stations and movie companies

Turned the newspaper into a combination of reformist investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism

  Introduced banner

headlines and lavish illustrations

Famous yellow journalist

What he was remembered for

He opposed the US involvement in WWI

Upset the left-wing in America by being a pro-Nazi in the 1930s

a staunch anti-communist in the 1940s

Hearst's outlooks on…

Was a member of the United Stated House of Representatives

Built a castle on a 240,000 acre ranch at San Simeon, CA

Believed by many to have initiated the Spanish- American War of 1898 to encourage sales of his newspaper

Advocated political assassination in an editorial just months before the assassination of President McKinley

Facts

Sample’s of his work

Did things his way able, self-

dependent, self-educated, and clear-headed

Patient, but wanted things done on his time

Qualities of Hearst

Born on December 30, 1957 in NYC In 1974, he left NY to attend Ohio

University He quit in 1979, just 4 credits shy of

graduating He wanted to pursue journalism

internship at WOWK-TV in West Virginia

By 1980, he was an On-Air Reporter In the 1980s, Matt worked many

reporting gigs along the east coast He worked for several news

magazines, which eventually led him back to the Big Apple

Married Annette Roque and has three kids

Matt Lauer

Matt has hosted several short-lived shows, such as:◦ (1986) Fame, Fortune, and

Romance with Robin Leach◦ (1989) Esquire Show on Lifetime◦ The late-night talk-show Day’s End

He became co-host for the live talk-show 9 Broadway Plaza in 1989

This established him as one of the most audience friendly news-anchors of NYC

In 1992, NBC signed Matt to Co-host 2 shows, Today and Live at Five

Traveled all over the world doing interview as an anchorman

Matt Lauer’s Career

Had interviews with: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Prince William and Prince Henry of Wales after Princess Diana’s death, Tom Cruise, and a host of other people

Did coverage of Ronald Regan’s funeral (2005), the Monica Lewinsky scandal, 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (2000), Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003), Captain Richard Phillips when Somalia pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama (2009), went to the Neverland Ranch for a behind-the-scenes look after the King of Pop died

Being known as one of NY’s most audience friendly anchors

What he was known for

Visited over 44 places in his segment, Where in the world is Matt Lauer? and has logged nearly 300,000 miles

Lives in Ohio Divorced his wife

then got remarried to her

3 kids

Facts

Sample’s of his work

Lauer is considered to be charming and good natured and a friendly person

Has an easy charm and is good looking

Qualities of Lauer

Similarities They were both

rich and famous Driven Went to college Both ended up in

NY at some point in their lives

Differences Hearst and Lauer

were from different decades

Lauer is a news reporter while Hearst centered on newspapers

Hearst VS. Lauer

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