James Strohn Copley (August 12, 1916 – October 6, 1973) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher.

[3] He had close associations with leading Republicans of the era, including Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.

Copley's presence was a chief reason that the 1972 Republican National Convention was originally planned to be in San Diego.

Copley was born in St. Johnsville, New York, the son of Flora and John Lodwell.

[3] At Yale, he served on the business staff of campus humor magazine The Yale Record with Roy D. Chapin Jr. and Walter J. Cummings Jr.[5] After college, he went into journalism, becoming the CEO of the Union-Tribune group on Ira Copley's death in 1947.