Chandler, Otis

▪ 2007

American publisher (b. Nov. 23, 1927, Los Angeles, Calif.—d. Feb. 27, 2006, Ojai, Calif.), inherited the stewardship of the Los Angeles Times from his parents and served as its publisher (1960–80). Although he was better known for his penchant for fast cars, surfing, and hunting, he turned the archconservative paper into a more centrist daily and one of the most widely read and profitable newspapers in the country. During his tenure Chandler also expanded the Times Mirror Co., the parent company of the Los Angeles Times, by purchasing Newsday, the Baltimore (Md.) Sun, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant, and a number of broadcast and cable television stations, as well as the book publishers New American Library and Harry Abrams Publishing. After Chandler hired top-notch journalists, the Los Angeles Times won nine Pulitzer Prizes. Following his retirement as publisher, he served as chairman (1981–85) of Times Mirror. In 2000 his family sold the paper and its parent company to the Chicago-based Tribune Co.

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