Ochs, << oks, >> Adolph Simon (1858-1935), rose from a job as a newsboy to become the publisher and guiding influence of The New York Times. He separated editorial comment from news in the Times and sought to present news free from prejudice. In 38 years, the daily circulation of the Times rose from 9,000 to 460,000. Ochs also founded the magazine Current History and gave $500,000 toward publication of the Dictionary of American Biography.
Ochs began his career at 11 as an errand boy at the Knoxville (Tennessee) Chronicle. Later, he bought a half-interest in the Chattanooga Times and made it one of the area’s strongest papers. He became manager of The New York Times in 1896 and gained a controlling interest in 1900. Ochs was born on March 12, 1858, in Cincinnati. He died on April 8, 1935.
