On the steps of The Washington Post’s building in 1933, lawyers representing media mogul William Randolph Hearst made an $800,000 bid for the newspaper in a bankruptcy auction. An anonymous bidder went to $825,000. Hearst, the epitome of the Gilded Age press baron, dropped out.
1933年,在《华盛顿邮报》(The Washington Post)报社门前的台阶上,媒体大亨威廉•兰道夫•赫斯特(William Randolph Hearst)的代理律师在这家报纸的破产拍卖中开出了80万美元的价格。一位匿名买家将价格抬高到了82.5万美元。于是,赫斯特这位“镀金时代”(Gilded Age)典型的报业大亨退出了竞拍。
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