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press lord

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Noun1.press lord - a powerful newspaper proprietor
newspaper publisher, publisher - the proprietor of a newspaper


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I have been covering byelections for 30 years and remember my only visit to Workington - and Fred Peart years (he ran rings around Churchill), faced a challenge from the Empire Free Trade (ie protectionist) right, backed by the press lords, Beaverbrook and Rothermere.
Thanks for bringing idiosyncrasy back to a medium that once, long before an initial public offering ever dirtied the desk of a press lord, was peopled by publishers with mud on their boots and rifles in their offices, if I may paraphrase the late David Halberstam.
As both press lord and aspiring politician, his ambitions were quite startling.
 
 
 
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