The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times: The Trust

The history of the family dynasty that created and controls The New York Times. Like any good story, it's filled with its fair share of personal ambition, disappointment, competing heirs to the throne, fierce loyalties, and powerful intrigue. The story of The Times starts in 1896, when Adolph Ochs, a young German Jew, buys the undistinguished and nearly bankrupt New York Times. The Trust vividly chronicles some of the Times's most famous moments--the controversial publication of the Pentagon Papers and its transition to a publicly held company in the late '60s are just two--along with the personal histories of four generations of Ochses and Sulzbergers - Well-researched facts, thoughtful analysis, and excellent narration, The Trust is itself a great work of journalism that does the newspaper proud.