Who was the Chicago Tribune's owner in the 20th century?
Robert R. McCormick
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Answer
In the 20th century, the Chicago Tribune was owned by Robert R. McCormick, the grandson of Joseph Medill. Under McCormick's leadership, the newspaper achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook.
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