Hearst Corporation
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The Hearst Corporation is a large privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. The Hearst family is involved in the ownership and management of the company.
Trustees of William Randolph Hearst's will (2003)
Under William Randolph Hearst's will, a common board of thirteen trustees--five family members and eight outsiders--administers the Hearst Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and the trust that owns (and selects the 21-member board of) the Hearst Corporation. The foundations shared ownership until tax law changed to prevent this. The present trustees are:- George Randolph Hearst Jr., chairman of Hearst Corporation and president of the Hearst Foundation
- [Victor F. Ganzi], president and chief executive officer of the Corporation
- Frank A. Bennack Jr., vice chairman and longtime former president and chief executive of the Corporation
- William Randolph Hearst III, president of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- John Randolph Hearst Jr., an officer and director of the corporation
- Virginia Hearst Randt, daughter of late former chairman Randolph Apperson Hearst
- Anissa Bouadjakdji Balson, granddaughter of David Whitmire Hearst Sr.
- Richard E. Deems, former head of Hearst Magazines, now a consultant
- Gilbert C. Maurer, succeeded Deems as head of Hearst Magazines, then preceded Ganzi as executive vice president and chief operating officer under Bennack, now a consultant
- Raymond J. Petersen, longtime executive vice president of Hearst Magazines, retains title but largely inactive. Member of the Advertising Hall of Fame.
- Mark F. Miller, executive vice president of Hearst Magazines (retiring late 2005)
- John G. Conomikes, vice president of Corporation, oversees broadcast interests
- Harvey L. Lipton, lawyer and former vice president and Secretary of the Corporation
Assets
- Main article: List of assets owned by Hearst Corporation
Magazines
- CosmoGIRL!
- Cosmopolitan
- Country Living
- Esquire magazine
- Good Housekeeping
- Harper's Bazaar
- House Beautiful
- Marie Claire
- O at Home
- O, The Oprah Magazine
- Popular Mechanics
- Quick & Simple
- Redbook
- Seventeen
- SHOP Etc.
- SmartMoney
- Teen
- Town & Country
- Town & Country TRAVEL
- Veranda
- Weekend
- Albany Times Union
- Beaumont Enterprise
- Houston Chronicle
- Jasper Newsboy
- King Features Syndicate
- Laredo Morning Times
- Midland Daily News
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- San Antonio Express-News
- A&E Television Networks (Shared with Disney and NBC Universal)
- ESPN (owns 20%; shared with Disney, which owns the other 80%)
- Hearst-Argyle
- Lifetime Television
Competitors
External links
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