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Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere

British newspaper publisher and Viscount (1868-1940) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 72

Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, was a leading British newspaper proprietor who owned Associated Newspapers Ltd. He is best known, like his brother Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, for the development of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror.

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Rothermere was a pioneer of popular tabloid journalism, and his descendants continue to control the Daily Mail and General Trust.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1868 to 1940 · aged 72