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Yeah but why did people read Hearst papers? What big stories did they break or invent? This should be in a Significant Events section. Did they run any big promotions or contests that originated techniques used today? 100.15.127.199 (talk) 22:25, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

I never claim to write anything significant so if you want to come kill me then come kill me. 2607:FB91:1A7A:11EA:2D97:991D:1660:874F (talk) 03:31, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Days of our Lives

Please don't take Days of our Life's off of NBC I've been watching it for years 162.247.202.219 (talk) 15:04, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Puzzmo

Hearst owns the website https://puzzmo.com, which should probably be mentioned in the page (or possibly split into it's own page). 98.117.240.132 (talk) 03:59, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

I added it under the list of Internet assets. It might deserve its own page as well though. 136.62.158.195 (talk) 04:06, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

"Fitch Ratings" should be "Fitch Group" throughout the page

Fitch Ratings is a subsidiary of the Fitch Group company, which the Hearst company wholly acquired in 2018.

Recommended Changes:

• "Fitch Ratings" to "Fitch Group" in the "Assets" section.

• The acquisition is mentioned on the Fitch Ratings Wiki page and should be mentioned in the "History" section of the page as well. JerCam26 (talk) 18:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Encoded  Talk 💬 10:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi — Thanks for making the change in the table template. I'm still seeing it as "Fitch Ratings" instead of "Fitch Group" in the "Assets" section of the page. JerCam26 (talk) 14:11, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Fixed, thank you. PK650 (talk) 10:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Adding Fitch Group to "History" section

Hearst's acquisition of Fitch Group is mentioned on the Fitch Ratings Wiki page and should be mentioned in the "History" section of this page as well since other non-media acquisitions are mentioned.

Hearst mention on the Fitch Ratings page: "Hearst owns 100 percent of the company following its acquisition of an additional 20 percent for $2.8 billion on April 12, 2018. Hearst had owned 80 percent of the company after increasing its ownership stake by 30 percent on December 12, 2014, in a transaction valued at $1.965 billion. Hearst's previous equity interest was 80 percent following expansions on an original acquisition of 20 percent interest in 2006." JerCam26 (talk) 14:21, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Reply 22-NOV-2024

  Edit request declined  

• The acquisitions described in detail in the Hearst article involve companies in the fields of so called "traditional media" such as newspapers, magazine publishers, television networks and other related entities. A ratings agency, while arguably responsible for publishing information as well, involves financial figures and/or analytical tools which seem to fall outside the realms of Cosmopolitan, The Houston Chronicle, and The Pioneer and Manistee News Advocate.
• That being said, I would be in favor of adding a one sentence claim involving the Fitch buyout, if one were proposed which incorporated essentially the same information contained in three sentences, but placed into one. As it stands, texts such as "Hearst had owned 80 percent of the company after increasing its ownership stake by 30 percent...." and "....Hearst's previous equity interest was 80 percent following expansions on an original acquisition of 20 percent...." delve far too deep into minutiae for what seems necessary.

Regards,  Spintendo  11:21, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

the shorter version is a fine compromise. Would this work?

"In 2006, Hearst acquired an interest in Fitch Group, a global financial services company. Hearst increased its ownership of Fitch Group to 80% in 2015, and to 100% in 2018." JerCam26 (talk) 19:35, 25 November 2024 (UTC)