press lord

noun

1. press baron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of press lord¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Germany’s key ally, in Vietnam and despising right-wing press lord Axel Springer, the young radicals chafed at an establishment that had no patience with its protest efforts.

From Los Angeles Times

The Media General deal is slightly harder to decode... most of the towns where Buffett is now the press lord are backwaters...

From The Guardian