Sulzberger, 86, led Times in Pentagon Papers era
Posted: September 30, 2012 at 4:09 a.m.
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (center), then-New York Times president and publisher, attends a July 1, 1971, news conference after the Supreme Court ruled that the Times could continue publishing the Pentagon Papers, a series of classified reports on the Vietnam War.
Former New York Times Publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who led the newspaper to new levels of influence and profit while standing up for press freedom during some of the most significant moments in 20th-century journalism, died Saturday. He was 86.
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