newspaper publisher

/ˌnuzˈpeɪpər ˌpʌblɪʃər/

Other forms: newspaper publishers

Definitions of newspaper publisher

1. noun

   the proprietor of a newspaper
   synonyms: publisher

   examples:

   William Maxwell Aitken

   British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)

   Alfred Charles William Harmsworth

   British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)

   Benjamin Harris

   publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)

   William Randolph Hearst

   United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)

   Joseph Pulitzer

   United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)

   James Edmund Scripps

   United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)

   Edward Wyllis Scripps

   United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)

   types:

   press lord

   a powerful newspaper proprietor

   type of:

   owner, proprietor

   (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
2. noun

   a business firm that publishes newspapers
   synonyms: newspaper, paper

   type of:

   publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house

   a firm in the publishing business