1. Ethan Thompson Katie Andrews Morgan O’Reilly

2.  Born in San Francisco in 1863, 29 th of April  Became “Proprietor” of the San Francisco Examiner at age 23 Studied at Harvard  Inspired by Joseph Pulitzer  Son of George Hearst, a newspaper proprietor  Died on August 14, 1951

3.  Took over the San Francisco Examiner in 1887  Acquired the New York Morning Journal in 1895  Launched Evening Journal in 1896  Gained a reputation of employing the best journalists available: Ambrose Bierce, Stephan Crane, Mark Twain, Richard Harding Davis, and Jack London  At his peak, owned: 28 major newspapers, 18 magazines, and Several radio stations and movie companies

4.  Turned the newspaper into a combination of reformist investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism  Introduced banner headlines and lavish illustrations  Famous yellow journalist

5.  He opposed the US involvement in WWI  Upset the left-wing in America by being a pro-Nazi in the 1930s  a staunch anti- communist in the 1940s

6.  Was a member of the United Stated House of Representatives  Built a castle on a 240,000 acre ranch at San Simeon, CA  Believed by many to have initiated the Spanish- American War of 1898 to encourage sales of his newspaper  Advocated political assassination in an editorial just months before the assassination of President McKinley

8.  Did things his way  able, self- dependent, self- educated, and clear-headed  Patient, but wanted things done on his time

9.  Born on December 30, 1957 in NYC  In 1974, he left NY to attend Ohio University  He quit in 1979, just 4 credits shy of graduating  He wanted to pursue journalism internship at WOWK-TV in West Virginia  By 1980, he was an On-Air Reporter  In the 1980s, Matt worked many reporting gigs along the east coast  He worked for several news magazines, which eventually led him back to the Big Apple  Married Annette Roque and has three kids

10.  Matt has hosted several short- lived shows, such as: ◦ (1986) Fame, Fortune, and Romance with Robin Leach ◦ (1989) Esquire Show on Lifetime ◦ The late-night talk-show Day’s End  He became co-host for the live talk-show 9 Broadway Plaza in 1989  This established him as one of the most audience friendly news-anchors of NYC  In 1992, NBC signed Matt to Co-host 2 shows, Today and Live at Five  Traveled all over the world doing interview as an anchorman

11.  Had interviews with: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Prince William and Prince Henry of Wales after Princess Diana’s death, Tom Cruise, and a host of other people  Did coverage of Ronald Regan’s funeral (2005), the Monica Lewinsky scandal, 25 th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (2000), Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003), Captain Richard Phillips when Somalia pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama (2009), went to the Neverland Ranch for a behind- the-scenes look after the King of Pop died  Being known as one of NY’s most audience friendly anchors

12.  Visited over 44 places in his segment, Where in the world is Matt Lauer? and has logged nearly 300,000 miles  Lives in Ohio  Divorced his wife then got remarried to her  3 kids

14.  Lauer is considered to be charming and good natured and a friendly person  Has an easy charm and is good looking

15. Similarities  They were both rich and famous  Driven  Went to college  Both ended up in NY at some point in their lives Differences  Hearst and Lauer were from different decades  Lauer is a news reporter while Hearst centered on newspapers

16.  http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3079110/ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3079110/  http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/willh.html http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/willh.html  http://www.biography.com/articles/Matt- Lauer-9542543 http://www.biography.com/articles/Matt- Lauer-9542543