OPINION: Billionaires will not save the media
It’s well-known that the film “Citizen Kane” is based heavily on the life of William Randolph Hearst. Like Orson Welles’ Charles Foster Kane, Hearst was a fixture of American life and someone whom the general public would’ve been familiar with. At the height of his fortune, according to Britannica, he owned 28 newspapers, 18 magazines and several other radio stations and news services.