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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 . |
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