Hearst Houdini

By zuludelta45

Hiding Hearst.

For me, as with most people, there are often people and places just a bit out of my “time frame” of life’s existence; I was alive, or close to birth, but not quite sure what was really going on at the time of what I am trying to convey to you. Often these current events and people will pop up and tease my knowledge and imagination. William Randolph Hearst, and Patty Hearst are two of those people. 

As a younger man, the important news of the times would often be on the front cover of either Time or Newsweek Magazine. As it turns out; between February 1974 and March 1976, Patty Hearst was on the cover of Newsweek seven times. 

There were covers of Karen Ann Quinland as well; a young woman in a coma sparking the “Right To Die” debates.

From Wikipedia;

Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954)[1] is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes committed with members of the group. She was held in custody, and there was speculation before trial that her family’s resources would enable her to avoid time in prison.

So Patty was either a kidnap victim or a willing participant in a bank robbery for the SLA. I was just a young guy in 1974 and I remember seeing the covers, but I didn’t really understand it; especially seeing the news always referenced her Grandfather, William Randolph Hearst.

Patty’s Grandfather was even older and I wasn’t born when he lived and conquered the publishing world, but one day while watching the show Timeless (yes, it was canceled early, as all my favorite shows were.), there was a reference to Hearst, Orson Wells, and Heddy Lemarr. 

The episode includes Lemarr; a real-life beautiful Hollywood actress, who just happened to be the patent holder for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (but had the credit and attention diverted and buried due to the W.O.W- War On Woman). Maybe someday Zulu Delta 45 will get back to her amazing accomplishments. Meanwhile in real life, Wells made the legendary movie Citizen Kane as a veiled attack on Hearst. I began to wonder; if Hearst was so massive in the publishing world, why don’t I still not really know the name. A few years ago, I was riding my bike down the California Coast not far from Hearst Castle and once again started wondering what “happened” to Hearst. The urge to investigate became a nagging itch in the back of my mind.

To sum up most of it, William Randolph Hearst’s publishing heyday and empire built mostly from a single man, almost entirely dissolved with the ongoing of the United States Great Depression in 1937.  However, I was quite surprised to find that Hearst Corporation is alive and booming; “hiding in plain sight.”

Well, to me anyway……………

I’ll leave a list of assets to Hearst Corp…..your finger may get numb scrolling down. Thanks again Wiki!!

Newspapers

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Magazines

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Broadcasting

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Main article: Hearst Television

Production & distribution

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Radio

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Television

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Cable

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Business media

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Interactive media

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Investments include:

Other

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Former assets

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Former media

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