Editing Hearst Communications (section)

== Chief executive officers ==
* In 1880, [[George Hearst]] entered the newspaper business, acquiring the ''[[San Francisco Examiner|San Francisco Daily Examiner]].''
* On March 4, 1887, he turned the ''Examiner'' over to his son, 23-year-old [[William Randolph Hearst]], who was named editor and publisher. William Hearst died in 1951, at age 88.
* In 1951, [[Richard E. Berlin]], who had served as president of the company since 1943, succeeded William Hearst as chief executive officer. Berlin retired in 1973.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/28/archives/hearst-corporation-reassigns-several-of-its-top-executives.html|title=Hearst Corporation Reassigns Several of Its Top Executives|date=February 28, 1973|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 23, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[William Randolph Hearst Jr.]] claimed in 1991 that Berlin had suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease]] starting in the mid-1960s and that caused him to shut down several Hearst newspapers without just cause.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ep9ZAAAAMAAJ&q=berlin+alzheimer%27s|title=The Hearsts: Father and Son|last1=Hearst| first1=William Randolph Jr. |last2=Casserly|first2=Jack|publisher=Roberts Rinehart|year=1991|isbn=978-1879373044|location=New York|pages=309–310|author-link=William Randolph Hearst Jr.}}</ref>
* From 1973 to 1975, Frank Massi, a longtime Hearst financial officer, served as president, during which time he carried out a financial reorganization followed by an expansion program in the late 1970s.<ref>{{cite press release| title=Frank Massi, Former President of the Hearst Corporation, Dead at 85| url=https://www.hearst.com/-/frank-massi-former-president-of-the-hearst-corporation-dead-at-85| date=August 7, 1995| access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
* From 1975 to 1979, John R. Miller was Hearst president and chief executive officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hearst.com/files/hearst-timeline-november-2011.pdf |title=A brief history of the Hearst Corporation |access-date=January 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428080513/http://www.hearst.com/files/hearst-timeline-november-2011.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2012}}</ref>
* Frank Bennack served as CEO and president from 1979 to 2002, when he became vice chairman, returning as CEO from 2008 to 2013, and remains executive vice chairman.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hearst.com/about/bios/frank-a-bennack-Jr| title=Frank A. Bennack, Jr.| website=Hearst Corporation| access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>
* Victor F. Ganzi served as president and CEO from 2002 to 2008.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=90817&privcapId=233421838| title=Company Overview of Pulte Capital Partners LLC: Executive Profile, Victor F. Ganzi| journal=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]| access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>
* Steven Swartz has been president since 2012 and CEO since 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hearst.com/about/bios/steven-r-swartz| title=Steven R. Swartz| website=Hearst Corporation| access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>

=== Operating group heads ===
* David Carey previously served as chairman and group head of the magazines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2018/06/25/hearst-magazine-boss-david-carey-stepping-down/|title=Hearst magazine boss David Carey stepping down|last=Kelly|first=Keith J.|date=June 25, 2018|work=New York Post|access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref> Debi Chirichella is that unit's president.<ref>{{cite web| title=Debi Chirchella| url=https://www.hearst.com/magazines#debi-chirichella| website=Hearst Corporation| access-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref>
* Jeffrey M. Johnson<ref>{{cite web| title=Jeffrey M. Johnson| url=https://www.hearst.com/-/jeffrey-m-johnson| website=Hearst Corporation| access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> became president of Hearst Newspapers in 2018 upon the promotion of Mark Aldam to executive vice president and chief operating officer of the parent company.<ref>{{cite web| title=Mark Adam| url=https://www.hearst.com/about/bios/mark-e-aldam| website=Hearst Corporation| access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
* Michael J. Hayes became president of Hearst Television in 2023 in succession to Jordan Wertlieb on Wertleib's promotion to succeed Aldam as Hearst COO.<ref>[https://hearst.com/-/new-executive-leadership-roles Hearst press release 02.28.2023, "Hearst Announces New Executive Leadership Roles"]</ref>