press baron
noun
an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
Origin of press baron
1First recorded in 1955–60
- Also called press lord.
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How to use press baron in a sentence
The roster of press barons presiding over the contemporary American landscape is short.
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