George Randolph Hearst III

Who is George Randolph Hearst III?

George Randolph Hearst III is the Vice President, Associate Publisher, and General Manager of the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York.

He is the second child of George Randolph Hearst, Jr. and Mary Astrid Thompson and great-grandson of William Randolph Hearst. Hearst, previously the Director of Operations of the Times Union, is now its Associate Publisher and General Manager. He is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Albany Institute of History & Art, a member of the board of directors of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and St. Peter's Health Care Services, a hospital in Albany. He sued the producer of the "reality-TV" movie Hopelessly Rich, which aired on VH1 in 2003, over his portrayal in the made-for-TV movie by a con man who impersonated Hearst to the producers.