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American multinational mass media conglomerate group

Hearst Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary Hearst Holdings Inc., and HHI's wholly owned subsidiary Hearst Communications Inc.^[3] comprise a constitutional American multinational mass media and business informationconglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.^[4]

Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, television channels, and television stations, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Houston Chronicle, Cosmopolitan and Esquire.

It owns 50% of the A&E Networks cable network group and 20% of the sports cable network group ESPN, both in partnership with The Walt Disney Company.^[5]

The conglomerate also owns several business-information companies, including Fitch Group and First Databank.^[6]

The company was founded by William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper owner most well known for use of yellow journalism.

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