An Honorable Titan

A Biographical Study of Adolph S. Ochs

1946

Biography

by

Gerald W Johnson

A biography about newspaper entrepreneur Adolph S. Ochs' life. Describes his journey from a Chattanooga dropout to acquiring The New York Times and transforming it into a globally respected journalistic institution.

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Jermaine's Notes

March 2025

Doubled down when broke to buy NYT. Unique deal structure. High school dropout. Read 1946 hardcover.

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Printer's Devil to Publisher

June 2025

A biography of newspaper entrepreneur Adolph S. Ochs, who acquired newspapers and is credited with rescuing The New York Times from near failure and turning it into a globally respected publication. The book traces Ochs’s journey from his early newspaper ventures in Chattanooga—where a debt crisis forced him to take the gamble of a lifetime—to his bold acquisition of the Times and the journalistic principles that guided its revival.
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