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The Los Angeles Times was a family-run newspaper for nearly 120 years. Otis Chandler was the third generation publisher of the newspaper, but unlike his predecessors, Harry and Norman Chandler, Otis was the one who raised its journalistic reputation from the cellar to where it is now regarded as one of the best newspapers in America. "It's that when I was publisher, I took the Times from a WASP paper to a centrist paper," he said, "and I put in news that was important to put in in those days." Otis was the quintessential California golden boy, a Stanford graduate and Olympic-level athlete with brains, vision and courage to match his brawn. Equally adept on the surfboard and in the board room, Chandler ruled over an extensive Western empire of land, mortar, ink and influence, and exerted considerable political influence. Author Daniel Alef's biographical profile of Otis Chandler tells of a life of remarkable success and a poignant ending, perhaps a mirror or reflection of the turbulence associated with the end of the Chandler control of its legacy--the Los Angeles Times. [1,419-word Titans of Fortune article]
