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...conservative, staid Cincinnati Times-Star (circ. 154,579) has always been a family affair. Directed by aging (76) Publisher Hulbert Taft, the paper is controlled by the Taft family; a 5% block of stock is held by the estate of Publisher Taft's cousin, the late Senator Robert A. Taft, and Bob Taft's son Lloyd is a vice president of the paper today. Last week Publisher Taft made sure that the paper will remain under Taft family control. He stepped down as publisher and into his chair went his cousin, David Sinton Ingalls, 55, Bob Taft...
...five months ago, the deal seemed as good as signed. Washington's American Security & Trust Co., trustee for the Enquirer ever since Owner John R. McLean died in 1916, was glad to sell at the top of the newspaper market. For his part, Times-Star Publisher Hulbert Taft, 74-year-old cousin of Senator Bob Taft (who owns a 5% interest in the paper), knew he was getting a good buy. The Enquirer is not only Cincinnati's biggest and most prosperous daily (circ. 185,283); it is also the city's only morning and Sunday paper...
...year-old Enquirer, Cincinnati's leading daily and its only morning and Sunday newspaper, was sold last week for $7,500,000. The buyer: Cincinnati's afternoon Times-Star (circ. 150,489), published by 74-year-old Hulbert Taft, whose cousin, Senator Bob Taft, owns 5% of the paper (TIME, Jan. 14). The Enquirer (circ. 185,283 daily, 269,415 Sunday) has been held in trust by Washington's American Security & Trust Co. since Owner John R. McLean died in 1916, and Washington's district court must still approve the sale. Under the deal, the Times...
...other. But now they read like editorial sisters. The Enquirer threw over the Democrats to back Landon in 1936, and has supported the Times-Star's part-owner (5%) Bob Taft in both of his senatorial campaigns. Bob Taft's 29-year-old son, Lloyd, is Cousin Hulbert's understudy at the Times-Star...
...deal goes through, the Enquirer's 800 employees will move into the Times-Star's modern, 15-story tower and use the same composing room and presses. Nevertheless, Hulbert Taft promised that the venerable Enquirer will retain its identity and also the same management, staff and makeup, including its quaint, archaic headlines. Sample...