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Chandler, Otis - by John Babcock

Description: 1 item: 56-pp. transcript of ABC-tv program featuring the comments of John Babcock, Otis Chandler, Ben Bagdikian, David Halberstam, Carey McWilliams, Bill Robertson, Jack Tatum, Eldon Finley, Ralph Nader, Pat Brown, John Pastier and Marshall Berges. Subjects include: Bagdikian's view that newspapers owned by big conglomerates tend to write news based on the wishes of the conglomerate -- Otis Chandler refuted that as far as Times Mirror went, indicating that the writers and editors are free to report as they see fit ; Halberstam gives his impressions of Otis--"by Chandler standards a liberal... I think he wants to do the right thing" ; Halberstam on Harrison Gray Otis, founder of what became the Times Mirror empire - "He was a bellicose man...combative, aggressive...rather fight than make a profit" ; Los Angeles Times boosterism : Los Angeles Times vs. the unions ; Halberstam on Harry Chandler - "an economic tycoon (who) wanted power" ; how Harrison Gray Otis and later Harry Chandler amassed the money and power that carried forward the Times Mirror "empire" ; Owens River aqueduct ; real estate dealings ; Tejon Ranch ; Otis C. on extended Chandler stockholders - "They're very unhappy with me sometimes" ; Halberstam on Dorothy Chandler - "considered the radical liberal within the (extended Chandler) family" ; development of Downtown and the Music Center ; objectivity of Los Angeles Times.

Chandler, Otis - Remarks

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"Presentation to Times Mirror Board of Directors by Otis Chandler. Wednesday, December 6, 1978" Copies of presentation given by Otis to Times Mirror Board regarding the Press Project.

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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 17 - 19

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1 item. 78-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler, 1/18/1980. Subjects include: Otis' thoughts on his father's and his mother's contributions to Los Angeles Times and Times Mirror ; Otis' relationships to first wife ("Missy"), his children, his friends and business associates ; Otis' objectivity in evaluation and criticism of others and of himself ; Missy's embarking on a career in urban planning ; "the demise of the marriage" ; origins of Otis' "attitude of independence" and his desire to excel in shot put ; participation in somewhat dangerous sports - surfing, hunting, race car driving, riding motorcycles ; how many Chandler clan members were unhappy with Otis' moving the paper editorial policy from conservative to moderate ; as publisher - "off and running with ten balls in the air...that's just sort of my style" ; changing Los Angeles Times from a paper that was just "dull and gray" ; specifics of what Otis wanted to improve ; the downside of being prominent, of being highly visible ; his philosophy of management.

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Chandler, Otis

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Otis Chandler (1927-2006) was the oldest son of Norman Chandler and Publisher from 1960-1980. Chandler attended Stanford and was an internationally-ranked shotputter. The fourth and final descendant of Harrison Gray Otis to run the Los Angeles Times, Chandler oversaw a major expansion of the paper, increasing its the profits and reputation. Date range is 1940-1989.

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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 13 - 14

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1 item. 60-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler, 12/6/1979. Subjects include: avoiding the draft in 1945 ; starting at Los Angeles Times after World War II ; working in the composing room ; Olympic trials for shot put and discus ; U.S. Air Force ; Los Angeles Times apprenticeships - pressroom, composing room, carpenter shop, etc. ; Otis' family budget was limited by his low wages 1953 - 1958 ; working as a reporter for Los Angeles Times and The Mirror ; closing down of The Mirror (1962) ; working with Nick Williams ; (on working with his uncle, Philip Chandler) "a nice person...(but) he wasn't very bright" ; Norman Chandler's decision to tap Otis as publisher over Philip Chandler.

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Chandler, Otis - by Michael Jackson

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1 item: 35-pp. transcript of Otis Chandler being interviewed by KABC radio host Michael Jackson, 2/4/1981. Subjects include: Otis Chandler's title of "Editor-in-Chief," and what that means ; Otis' admiration for Henry Luce ; the 7-year "executive training program" he completed at The Times ; high and lower quality newspapers - Times of London, National Enquirer ; other Times Mirror papers - Hartford Courant, Newsday, Dallas Times Herald ; morning newspapers and afternoon newspapers ; the growing cable television market ; broadcasting vs. "narrowcasting" ; Otis' departure from the Publisher's post in 1980 ; more.

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Chandler, Otis

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Approx. 5 items: approx. 80-pp. of transcripts of interviews, likely by Marshall Berges, with Otis Chandler. The interviews were conducted on several days between 8/1980 and 2/1981. The remarks range across many topics: race car driving ; a four-day visit to the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch in the 1960s ; other Times Mirror business ventures in broadcast media. Part of this material is a 25-pp. transcript of an interview of Otis Chandler by Michael Jackson of KABC (radio). Segments of the 1980 interviews deal with corrections Otis wished to make to comments made earlier.

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