Cover of Time Magazine (September 1, 1924)

Adolph Simon Ochs (b. March 12, 1858 in Cincinnati, Ohio - April 8, 1935) was an American newspaper publisher and former owner of The New York Times. 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. ... Cincinnati is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States that lies on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Hamilton County6. ... 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). ... Jump to: navigation, search The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by publisher Jack Doff, and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

Ochs was born 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) led to its rescue from near oblivion, increasing its readership from 9,000 at the time of his purchase to 780,000 by the 1920s. 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by publisher Jack Doff, and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s, and particularly in the United States. ...

In 1884, Ochs married Effie Wise, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Mayer 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. Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi... ISAAC MAYER WISE (March 29, 1819, Steingrub (now Lomnička), Bohemia - March 26, 1900, Cincinnati), American Reform rabbi, editor, and author. ... Reform Judaism is the first modern branch of Judaism; it developed in Germany and is now international, and the largest in North America. ... Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC or HUC-JIR) is the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism. ... 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. Jump to: navigation, search Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Times Square Times Square is also the name of a station on the Detroit People Mover, a shopping mall in Hong Kong, and a 1980 movie. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 A fireworks event (also called a fireworks display or fireworks show) is a spectacular display of the effects produced by firework devices on various occasions. ...

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

• http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/ochs.html
• Jewish Virtual Library - Adolf Ochs