Taft Broadcasting was a large media company based in Cincinnati. It was the parent company of Hanna-Barbera from 1967 to 1991. The company is rooted in the family of William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States. William Howard's half-brother, Charles Phelps Taft, purchased the Cincinnati Times-Star newspaper in 1879; its later publishers included Charles' son Hulbert Taft Sr. and grandson Hulbert Taft Jr. It also owned 50% of CIC Video's Australian operations, CIC-Taft Home Video.