Newspaper-Chains

Scripps-McRae League Renamed Scripps-Howard as Second-Largest Newspaper Chain Consolidates Power

1922-11-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Scripps-McRae League is renamed Scripps-Howard Newspapers in early November 1922, recognizing company executive Roy W. Howard as co-director and consolidating control of the nation’s second-largest newspaper chain after William Randolph Hearst’s empire. Founder E.W. Scripps …

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Hearst Newspaper Empire Reaches 28 Papers Controlling One in Four American Readers Through Yellow Journalism Tactics

1920-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

William Randolph Hearst’s media empire reaches its peak expansion in the 1920s, controlling 28 major newspapers and 18 magazines that reach one in every four Americans (20 million readers by mid-1930s), representing the largest newspaper chain consolidation in American history and …

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