It provided publishers with licenses to content from leading news publishers, including Hearst Newspapers, The E.

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Rosenberg, a former national correspondent with Hearst Newspapers, is a vice president at Ogilvy Washington.

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Witness the recent firings of Rick Sanchez and Octavia Nasr by CNN and the forced retirement of Hearst newspapers columnist Helen Thomas.

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Today Hearst Corp. owns 15 daily newspapers (Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News), 15 U.S. magazines (Esquire, Harper's Bazaar), TV and radio stations.

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For a long time it was an open question whether American journalism would follow the professed objectivity of the Ochs family's newspapers or the outspoken advocacy of Hearst's.

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Hearst can take some of the credit for the fact that owners of most mass-circulation American newspapers find it best to moderate, or at least disguise, their opinions.

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