Alfred A. Knopf, George P. Putnam, Charles Scribner's Sons, and Adolph Ochs are all big names in publishing. Alfred A. Knopf is an American publishing house founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. George P. Putnam is an American publisher and founder of the publishing company G.P. Putnam's Sons. Charles Scribner's Sons is an American publisher that was founded in 1846 by Charles Scribner I. Adolph Ochs was the publisher of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935.