Publisher Gordon Dix dies

Retired Ohio newspaper publisher dies

Gordon C. Dix, 90, began work in Wooster

Associated Press

NAPLES, FLA. - Gordon C. Dix, a retired Ohio newspaper publisher and a former owner of Dix Communications, died Friday at age 90.

He died at his home from complications of a stroke.

Dix and brothers Albert and twins Robert and Ray built their family media business, which now includes seven daily newspapers in Ohio and Kentucky. The company also owns seven radio stations in Maryland, Florida and Ohio.

Their grandfather and father started the family business with a community newspaper in Wooster. Dix and his brothers sold their business to family members in 1985.

Gordon Dix was publisher of the (Martins Ferry) Times Leader and the (Defiance) Crescent-News. He was named president of the Defiance Publishing Co. in 1977.

He began work in the advertising department at the Daily Record in Wooster.

His son Earl Stevens Dix, who died in 1982, also was a publisher of the Crescent-News.

Survivors include his wife, Katharine; three children; and a brother, Dr. J. Harlan Dix.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church of Naples.

[Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, Saturday, February 5, 2005, page B6]