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- ↑ Business Week - July 8, 2002 - Parting the Veil at Hearst
- ↑ http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=767176 Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Board of Directors Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ St. Peter's Health Care Services Press Release, Tuesday October 17, 2006 - Massry Family Donates $1 Million To Name Atrium in St. Peter's Expansion. Photo caption identifies Hearst as a director.
- ↑ Rush & Molloy (August 1, 2003). "VH1's 'Hearst': Any relation to reality?". New York Daily News . Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
- ↑ IMDB, "News" Jul 15, 2004
- ↑ "The Arena Football League Returns to Albany". arenafootball.com. October 24, 2017. Archived from the original on October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ↑ Barnes, Steve (2016-10-06). "Ex-restaurant pros flee kitchen for peace of farm". timesunion.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
