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• baron — bar‧on [ˈbærən] noun [countable] JOURNALISM 1. FINANCE a business person who is in charge of a large industrial or financial organization: • an oil baron ˈpress ˌbaron also …   Financial and business terms

• baron — n. 1 a a member of the lowest order of the British nobility. b a similar member of a foreign nobility. 2 an important businessman or other powerful or influential person (sugar baron; newspaper baron). 3 hist. a person who held lands or property… …   Useful english dictionary

• Baron Burnham — Baron Burnham, of Hall Barn in the Parish of Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1903 for the influential newspaper magnate Edward Levy Lawson, owner of the Daily Telegraph …   Wikipedia

• Baron Iliffe — Baron Iliffe, of Yattendon in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the newspaper magnate Sir Edward Iliffe. For many years the family controlled newspapers in Birmingham and Coventry …   Wikipedia

• Baron Astor of Hever — Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for the prominent newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician John Jacob Astor. He was the fourth son of… …   Wikipedia

• Baron Thomson of Fleet — Baron Thomson of Fleet, of Northbridge in the City of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for the newspaper magnate Roy Thomson. As of 2007 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who… …   Wikipedia

• Baron Layton — Baron Layton, of Danehill in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1947 for Sir Walter Layton, a prominent economist, editor and newspaper proprietor. He was editor of The Economist from 1922 to… …   Wikipedia

• Baron Buckland — Baron Buckland, of Bwlch in the County of Brecon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 July 1926 for the industrialist Henry Berry. He was the elder brother of the newspaper magnates William Berry, 1st Viscount… …   Wikipedia

• Baron Bean — Baron Bean, is a newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist George Herriman. It ran from 1916 to 1919. References*cite web|title=Lambiek.net|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/h/herriman.htm|publisher=Lambiek.net|accessdate=2007 08 23 …   Wikipedia

• Baron Cohen, Sacha — ▪ 2008 Sacha Noam Baron Cohen  born Oct. 13, 1971, London, Eng.  With his trio of outrageously ignorant alter egos Ali G, Borat, and Bruno British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen took political incorrectness to new lows, creating social… …   Universalium

• newspaper — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ daily, evening (esp. BrE), morning, Sunday, weekly ▪ today s, yesterday s ▪ left wing …   Collocations dictionary