Ochs, Adolph Simon

Ochs, Adolph Simon

(born March 12, 1858, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died April 8, 1935, Chattanooga, Tenn.) U.S. newspaper publisher. Ochs grew up in Tennessee, where he worked for various newspapers. At age 20 he borrowed $250 to become proprietor of the moribund Chattanooga Times, which he developed into one of the South's leading newspapers. He gained control of the financially faltering New York Times in 1896. Despising yellow journalism, he adopted the slogan “All the News That's Fit to Print” and emphasized comprehensive and trustworthy news gathering. Under his ownership the Times became one of the world's outstanding newspapers. From 1900 he was a director of the Associated Press. Ochs's son-in-law, Arthur H. Sulzberger, was the first in a succession of family heirs to lead the New York Times Co.

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Ochs, Adolph Simon (1858–1935) publisher; born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He bought the Chattanooga Times in 1878 and the New York Times in 1896, lifting the latter from bankruptcy to become a leading U.S. newspaper.