Charles Otis (1872 – 1944) was a prominent financial publisher in New York and New England who served as president of The Wall Street Journal and its parent, Dow Jones & Company, and publisher of his family-owned newspapers, American Banker and Bond Buyer.
[2] Through his association with Barron, Otis joined the board of Dow Jones & Company and was elected its president in 1905.
[3] By 1912, he had purchased Forest and Stream Publishing Company and resigned as president of Dow Jones to focus on active management of his acquisition.
[2] He was succeeded as president of American Banker by his son, Charles Barron Otis, who was later named chairman and publisher.
[2] His estate owned American Banker and Bond Buyer until 1983, when his great-nephew, Derick Otis Steinmann, facilitated their sale to International Thomson during his tenure as publisher.