Otis Chandler is the founder of Goodreads.com, a social networking site for book lovers. Chandler talks about the benefits of his site above others that feature similar content and his own personal experiences with Goodreads.com.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- In an unprecedented event, the Inaugural Rocky Mountain Concours d' Elegance will take place at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, on September 1 and 2, 2007. This "competition of excellence" showcases the finest examples of automotive and motorcycle evolution and design while honoring the historic contributions of...
The old chestnut about new fortunes states that a family goes from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations: The first generation makes the money, the second holds it, and the third spends it. The Chandlers of the Los Angeles Times have, by this reckoning, defied the ...
Glenn Angel, 52, co-founder of Houston Raceway Park Peter Brock, 61, popular Australian touring-car and rally driver Dick Brooks, 63, 1969 NASCAR rookie of the year and 1973 Talladega 500 winner Creighton Brown, 58, British amateur racer, who later helped...
Byline: MARK VAUGHN The collection of former Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler evolved over the years along with the interests of the man, from classics and motorcycles to muscle cars and racing Porsches. When the celebrated publisher died earlier this year, his cars...
Before he died in February, newspaper publisher Otis Chandler assembled a world-class collection of rare autos and motorcycles. An auction this month of 90 of those cars and 80 cycles attracted bids totaling more than $36 million. Chandler's former paper, the Los Angeles...
The National Academy of Engineering NAE has reelected Craig R. Barrett, chairman of the board, Intel Corp., Chandler, Ariz., to a two-year term as its chair. The new term began July 1. As NAE chair, Dr. Barrett works with the NAE president to promote the academy and...
It's time to climb out of that slough of despond. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The newspaper business has changed irrevocably. The combination of the Internet and the ensuing change in the habits of news consumers and Wall Street profit pressures means that...
Rarely in our history has an individual single-handedly transformed a major newspaper from a journalistic embarrassment into a beacon of everything a newspaper should be. Otis Chandler, who died at 78 on February 27, was such a person at the Los Angeles Times. ...
The great-grandson of Los Angeles Times owner Harrison Gray Otis wasn't interested in the family business while a student at Stanford University. A muscle-bound 6-foot-3, this child of privilege preferred surfing and shot-putting. But his parents insisted he learn the business, and Chandler wound up becoming "one of the greatest...
More Saturn Opels? While General Motors' European Opel brand showed its version of the Pontiac Solstice/Saturn Sky at Geneva in the form of an Opel GT, GM officials say the product flow will soon be moving in the opposite direction. Automotive News reports that...
Otis Chandler, the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times who transformed his family's provincial, conservative newspaper into a respected national media voice, died Feb. 27 in Ojai, Calif. He was 78. He had been suffering from a degenerative brain disorder known as Lewy body disease....
Publisher's Passing: Otis Chandler, the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times who transformed his family's provincial newspaper into a respected national media voice, died. He was 78. He led the Times from the 1960s through the 1980s. Chandler had been suffering from a degenerative brain disorder known as Lewy...
Otis Chandler, newspaper publisher, died on February 27th, aged 78 OWNING a newspaper is different from owning other sorts of business. The returns are often psychic. The owners of banks, department stores or sausage factories want profits above all and tend to be ...
Otis Chandler, the former publisher of the Los Angeles Times who transformed his family's provincial, conservative newspaper into a respected national media voice, died Monday in Ojai, Calif. He was 78. He had been suffering from the degenerative brain disorder Lewy body disease. ...
LOS ANGELES -- Otis Chandler, who as publisher of the Los Angeles Times during the 1960s and '70s turned a narrow, conservative publication into one of the nation's most distinguished and influential newspapers, died Monday at 78. Chandler, who had been suffering from a degenerative brain disorder...
LOS ANGELES AFP — Los Angeles Times publishing heir Otis Chandler, who transformed the newspaper from a partisan provincial publication into one of the most respected US dailies, died Monday aged 78, the paper said. Chandler, the fourth generation of a family of publishers who bought the journalistic...
Thirty-two of Utah's elite boys' basketball players have been invited to participate in Alex Austin's Top Prospects High Intensity Basketball Camp. The camp runs today through Friday and culminates with a High School Celebrity All-Star Game at Skyline Friday at 7 p.m. The top 10 prospects from...
Byline: Mark Vaughn, Roger Hart Best of Show After the fact, there were plenty of people claiming they ``knew'' Sam and Emily Mann's 1934 Voisin C-15 Etablissement Saliot Roadster was going to win. But before the fireworks went off and the...
The curtain is pulled back, like the famous scene in The Wizard of Oz, to reveal Billy Graham spouting an anti-Semitic rant with Richard Nixon on newly released White House tapes ("the gift that keeps on giving," quips former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee). ...
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