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: --
I, too, believe that the power of the press barons has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished.
We have heard this morning about the domination of the old press barons.
We have the spectacle of greedy men — the press barons — clutching for the glittering cash prizes in this raffle.
At least some of the old press barons were frank about that.
Understandably, there is no legal aid for libel, and facing the financial might of the press barons is quite daunting.
To oppose the amendment is not a matter of caving into press barons.
The attack on the greedy press barons is a thinly-clothed disguise for an attack on the press generally.
Thankfully, the days are long past when the press barons continued to throw good money after bad to support their opinions and prejudices.