Hearst's resume

Hearst, a dude, was elected to the US House of Representatives twice from 1903 to 1907.

1863, Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, USA. His father, William George, an Irish immigrant and a successful pioneer, made a fortune by mining gold and silver mines. His mother is a teacher.

Hearst's wealthy family has developed his indifferent attitude towards money and his generous character of pursuing adventure and excitement.

The style of a dude was revealed in college.

188 1 year, Hearst went to Harvard University under the arrangement of his father. Here, he lives in luxury, indulging in dancing, music and beer, and his wayward behavior is famous in the whole school. But at the same time, satire, a humorous magazine whose manager is him, has been well received by the whole school. This somewhat explains the difference between him and the general dude.

Leave Harvard

At school, The Boston Globe sponsored by Charles Taylor and Pulitzer's Le Monde had an important influence on Hearst. He is quite addicted to sensational news around the world; I appreciate Pulitzer's newspaper-running skills in Le Monde more. To this end, he also worked as a trainee reporter in Le Monde for a period of time.

When the whole country celebrated Grover Cleveland's election as president, Hearst made a big speech in his own publication, so the school suspended him. Only a few months later, Hearst began to attack the professor maliciously in magazines. This time, he was finally expelled from school.

Hearst left Harvard at the age of 22. He doesn't care about the punishment. At this time, he was more interested in running a newspaper than anything else and was determined to run his own newspaper. He first spent a year seriously studying and studying Pulitzer's way of running a newspaper ―― in Hearst's view, learning Pulitzer was not to be his follower, but to launch a bold attack on him in the future. He regards Pulitzer as his imaginary opponent and thinks that only by defeating Pulitzer can he satisfy his desire for success.

Step into the press

Hearst's father George bought the local newspaper San Francisco Review. At that time, the sales volume of this newspaper was extremely low. George doesn't care about circulation In order to gain political capital from it, he did not hesitate to lose money. 1887, the ambitious Hearst got his father's permission to start running the San Francisco Review. From here, he took a challenging first step to the press.

At first, he followed Pulitzer's example and chose a famous editor, Sam? s？ Chamberlain is the chief editor; The famous novelist Bierce, A was invited to write a nonsense column. Also hired some famous journalists, such as Ai? h？ Hamilton and Arthur? Mike and the others.

In newspaper typesetting, he boldly experimented with various styles, arranged symmetrical title forms, and used eye-catching lead fonts to create a unique layout, which was later imitated by other newspapers.

Bold reforms and the participation of many news experts have made this newspaper very colorful. In the first year, the sales volume of newspapers doubled to more than 30 thousand copies; By 1893, it has reached 72,000 copies. More than the recognized newspaper chronicles. A few years later, this originally loss-making newspaper was turned into a profitable newspaper with an annual profit of 350,000 to 500,000 dollars by Hearst Company.

1895, George died. Hearst inherited a large number of shares in gold and silver mines. With the support of his mother, he sold some stocks and got a huge cash of $7.5 million to show his skills in newspaper publishing. From then on, he started his journalism career with abundant financial resources and amazing courage and talent.