owner, proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"

press lord - a powerful newspaper proprietor

1st Baron Beaverbrook, Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken - British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)

Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe - British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)

Benjamin Harris, Harris - publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)

Hearst, William Randolph Hearst - United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)

Joseph Pulitzer, Pulitzer - United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)

James Edmund Scripps, Scripps - United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)

Edward Wyllis Scripps, Scripps - United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)

publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house - a firm in the publishing business