# Lindsay Chaney

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**Lindsay Chaney** (born in 1951) is a senior news editor at *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*.

He joined *Variety* in 1999. Previously he was a business editor and writer at the *Long Beach Press-Telegram*, covering the aerospace industry and finance. He has written for the *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*, *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)* and *[Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles_(magazine))* magazine. He is the co-author, with [Michael Cieply](/source/Michael_Cieply), of a book about the heirs of [William Randolph Hearst](/source/William_Randolph_Hearst) entitled *The Hearsts: Family and Empire*, published by [Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster).[1] Chaney, an editor at the [Los Angeles Herald Examiner](/source/Los_Angeles_Herald_Examiner) before it folded in 1989, had access to original Hearst documents and letters.[2] they were also able to interview Hearst's sons and other close relatives and colleagues.[3]

Chaney and Cieply portrayed [William Randolph Hearst](/source/William_Randolph_Hearst) as a man who stunted his sons' lives, stopping them from going further in college than he had been able to do, giving them elaborate job titles and grand salaries but no real authority, mocking their ideas for the family business, and writing a will that put the family assets into a trust over which they had no authority.[4][3][2]

Chaney attended the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) and was an editor of [The Michigan Daily](/source/The_Michigan_Daily).

In 1975 when the journalists at the *Herald Examiner* won the right to form a union, Cheney was vice-president of the local.[5]

Chaney was spokesman for the Committee that organized the [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) in Los Angeles.[6][7][8]

## Book

- *The Hearsts: Family and Empire* with [Michael Cieply](/source/Michael_Cieply)[2][3][9]

## References

1. ["Deadline Taps Michael Cieply As Executive Editor"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/deadline-taps-michael-cieply-as-executive-editor-300298864.html). *Cision PR Newswire*. 2016. Retrieved 2019-04-14.

1. William, Amelia (26 April 1981). "After the first Hearst, the empire struck out (book review)". Baltimore Sun.

1. Storch, Charles (6 May 1981). "New history of Hearsts amounts to ghost story (book review)". Chicago Tribune.

1. Landlaw, Jeffrey (10 November 1991). "Hearst Jr. on himself and his more colorful father". Baltimore Sun.

1. Shaw, David (20 April 1978). "L.A. Herald Examiner--Signs of Life: Signs of Life Show at Herald Examiner Hearst Corp. Making Effort to Rebuild Herald Examiner After 10-Year Decline". *Los Angeles Times*

1. Turegano, Preston & Corbett, Bob (29 June 1984). "Sparks fly over Olympic torch relay". San Diego Tribune.

1. Dobbin, Muriel (5 June 1983). "Los Angeles Olympics expected to yield $3.3 billion". Baltimore Sun.

1. Dolan, Maura (14 July 1984). "Orange County Route of Olympic Flame Is Announced, Then Snuffed". *Los Angeles Times*

1. Kendall, Elaine (15 March 1981). "Decline and fall of the Hearst empire (book review)". *Los Angeles Times*

- [Variety: Lindsay Chaney](https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1449)

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