Editing William Randolph Hearst (section)

== Publishing business ==
{{See also|Hearst Communications}}
[[File:HEARST2.JPG|thumb|An ad asking automakers to place ads in [[Hearst_Communications#Peak_era|Hearst chain]], noting their circulation]]

Searching for an occupation, in 1887 Hearst took over management of his father's newspaper, the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'', which his father had acquired in 1880 as repayment for a gambling debt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hearst Castle National Park Service|date=November 15, 2012 |url=http://hearstcastle.org/history-behind-hearst-castle/historic-people/profiles/george-hearst/|access-date=December 17, 2013|archive-date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217083758/http://hearstcastle.org/history-behind-hearst-castle/historic-people/profiles/george-hearst/|url-status=live}}</ref> Giving his paper the motto "Monarch of the Dailies", Hearst acquired the most advanced equipment and the most prominent writers of the time, including [[Ambrose Bierce]], [[Mark Twain]], [[Jack London]], and political cartoonist [[Homer Davenport]]. A self-proclaimed [[Populism|populist]], Hearst reported accounts of municipal and financial corruption, often attacking companies in which his own family held an interest. Within a few years, his paper dominated the San Francisco market.