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John Hearst may refer to: John Randolph Hearst , American business executive John Augustine Hearst , American business and media executive, film producer and philanthropist
John Augustine Chilton Hearst (born October 24, 1952) is an American business and media executive, film producer and philanthropist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He plays a leadership role in the family-owned Hearst Corporation , one of America's largest diversified media companies where he has been a member of the board of directors since 1990. [ 3 ]
Hearst, like his brothers, worked for the Hearst Corporation and was said to have the most executive talent among the sons of William Randolph Hearst. [1] Any question of his rivaling the non-family executives who constituted a majority of the trustees of his father's will, however, was rendered moot after he died of a heart attack aged 49, while in the Virgin Islands.
The Hearst family is a wealthy American family based in California. Their fortune was originally earned in the mining industry during the late 19th century under the entrepreneurial leadership of George Hearst .
The movie industry began with the work of Louis Le Prince in 1888. Until 1903 , films had been one-reelers, usually lasting 10 to 12 minutes, [ 1 ] reflecting the amount of film that could be wound onto a standard reel for projection, hence the term.
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The names "John Hearse" and "John Hearse Jr." appear on the council records of October 26, 1766, being credited with meriting 400 and 100 acres (1.62 and 0.40 km 2) of land on the Long Canes in what became Abbeville District, based upon 100 acres (0.40 km 2) to heads of household and 50 acres (0.20 km 2) for each dependent of a Protestant ...
Ince's aspirations soon led him to leave the narrow confines of Edendale and find a location that would give him greater scope and variety. He settled upon a 460-acre (1.9 km 2) tract of land called Bison Ranch located at Sunset Blvd. and Pacific Coast Highway in the Santa Monica Mountains, (the present-day location of the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine) which he rented by the day. [12]