Cover of Time Magazine (September 1, 1924)

Adolph Simon Ochs (March 12, 1858 - April 8, 1935) was born in Cincinnati in 1868 to German-Jewish immigrants, Julius and Bertha Levy Ochs. He left grammar school to become a printer’s assistant at the Knoxville Chronicle. At the age of 19, he borrowed $250 to purchase a controlling interest in the Chattanooga Times, becoming its publisher. In 1896, at the age of 36, he again borrowed money to purchase The New York Times, a money-losing paper that had a wide range of competitors in New York City. His focus on objective news reporting (in a time when newpapers were openly and highly partisan), and a well-timed price decrease (from 3 cents per issue to 1 cent) lead to its rescue from near oblivion, increasing its readership from 9,000 at the time of his purchase to 780,000 by the 1920s. This is a magazine cover. ... This is a magazine cover. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to...

In 1884, Ochs married Effie Wise, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac M. Wise of Cincinnati, who was the leading exponent of Reform Judaism in America and the founder of Hebrew Union College. His only daughter, Iphigene Bertha Ochs, married Arthur Hays Sulzberger, who became publisher of the Times after Adolph, his father-in-law, died. Her son Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger subsequently became publisher of the Times. Arthur Hays-Sulzberger (1891 - 1968) was the publisher of the New York Times (1935-61). ... Arthur Ochs Punch Sulzberger or often called Arthur Sulzberger Jr. ...

In 1904, Ochs moved the Times to a newly-built building on Longacre Square in Manhattan, which the City of New York then renamed as Times Square. On New Year's Eve 1904, Ochs had pyrotechnists illuminate his new building at One Times Square with a fireworks show from street level. Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... One Times Square is the name of the building in Times Square upon which the famous New Years ball drop is performed annually. ...

His nephew, Julius Ochs Adler, worked at the Times for more than 40 years, becoming general manager of The New York Times in 1935, after Ochs died. Julius Ochs Adler (December 3, 1892–October 3, 1955) was a U.S. publisher, journalist, and United States Army General. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Reference

• The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family behind The New York Times, Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones, Little, Brown and Company, 1999.

External links

• A Guy Named Ochs - Stephen Glass learns about the history of The New York Times and Adolph Ochs.
• http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/ochs.html
• Jewish Virtual Library - Adolf Ochs