Word: hearstly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reporting the news of the sale it was not too extraordinary that the Hearst syndicate, raising the price with habitual exaggeration to $1,250,000, should have described the painting as "Raphael's masterpiece, Madonna and Child . . ."; or that the Daily News, Manhattan tabloid, should have printed a reproduction of a Raphael Madonna which was not the one Duveen had bought, in the apparently idiotic assurance that there exists only one Madonna and that Raphael painted...
...began to wiggle pencils, Cousins McCormick & Patterson knew that the Tribune was waiting for them. They took over the reins of editorship in 1914, and after the War their whip cracked loudly, domineeringly. The morning field in Chicago had been cut down to two newspapers: the Tribune and the Hearst-owned Herald and Examiner.* In a circulation war which culminated in the distribution of nearly $1,000,000 worth of "lucky number" coupons, both newspapers distinguished themselves in bad taste and the Tribune achieved a domination which has never since been threatened. Andy & Min Gump became world figures...
...Without comment, William Randolph Hearst sold his McClure's and Smart Set to James R. Quirk, publisher of Photoplay Magazine and Opportunity...
...Alexander Pollock Moore, U. S. Ambassador to Peru, who has gone into the tabloid business by purchasing from William Randolph Hearst the New York Daily Mirror and Boston Advertiser (TIME, March 19), signed his name last week to an advertisement which said: "I am sure you will agree with me that an up-to-date, clean, interesting tabloid is the paper you want. You will find it contains all the news that 95% of the people want to read...
...Simon & Schuster will publish John K. Winkler's biography entitled Hearst: An American Phenomenon...