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George Randolph Hearst III

George Randolph Hearst III

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George Randolph Hearst III (born 1955) is the publisher and CEO of the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York, a director of the Hearst Corporation and a member of the wealthy Hearst family.

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He is the second child of George Randolph Hearst Jr. and Mary Astrid Thompson and great-grandson of William Randolph Hearst. Hearst graduated from Pepperdine University in 1977.[1] He was previously the director of operations of the Times Union and then its associate publisher and general manager.[2] He is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Albany Institute of History & Art,[3] a member of the board of directors of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center[4] and St. Peter's Health Care Services, a hospital in Albany.[5] He sued the producer of the "reality-TV" movie Hopelessly Rich, which aired on VH1 in 2003, over his portrayal in the made-for-TV movie by a con man who had stolen his identity and impersonated Hearst to the producers.[6][7] He is part of the ownership group of the Albany Empire of the Arena Football League, which began play in 2018.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Biography: George Hearst | Charting a Course for Change: Transforming the Albany Times Union in a Wired World". ccnmtl.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
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    Business Week - July 8, 2002 - Parting the Veil at Hearst
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    http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=767176 Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
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    Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Board of Directors Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
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    St. Peter's Health Care Services Press Release, Tuesday October 17, 2006 - Massry Family Donates $1 Million To Name Atrium in St. Peter's Expansion. Photo caption identifies Hearst as a director.
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    Rush & Molloy (August 1, 2003). "VH1's 'Hearst': Any relation to reality?". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
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    IMDB, "News" Jul 15, 2004
  8. [8]
    "The Arena Football League Returns to Albany". arenafootball.com. October 24, 2017. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.


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