Norman Chandler
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Norman Chandler (September 14, 1899 - October 20, 1973, both Los Angeles, California) was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1945 to 1960, and is largely responsible for the success of the newspaper.
After studying at Stanford, Chandler started working at the newspaper as a secretary to his father, Harry Chandler, who had been its publisher since 1917. Norman Chandler became general manager in 1936, president in 1941 and at his father’s death in 1944, the third editor of the newspaper.
The Times prospered under Chandler, and gained national, as well as regional, prominence. In 1947 it became the largest-circulation newspaper in Los Angeles, and in 1961 the Sunday paper had a circulation of more than one million. Chandler retired as publisher in 1960, leaving the job to his son Otis, but remained as chairman of the board from 1961-1968.
A 2005 book by Donald H. Wolfe, The Black Dahlia Files : The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles accuses Norman Chandler of involvement in the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short.
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