0 a person who owns several newspapers and sometimes controls what they publish
1 a person who owns several newspapers, etc. and is very powerful:
A foreign press baron has no stake in this country other than the money he can make out of it and owes no obligations to its institutions.
The press barons of today will totally ignore the report.
It is regulated by press barons, and it adjudicates on its members, depending on their size and wealth.
This statement is all the more welcome because it has been made regardless of the ravings of unelected, offshore press barons.
I make a positive proposal to the press barons.
It is also simplistic to say that a flotation will merely result in enriching a handful of press barons.
From my understanding of the radio industry, very few radio companies have any interest in developing into local press barons.
Thankfully, the days are long past when the press barons continued to throw good money after bad to support their opinions and prejudices.