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<text id=93TT1767>
<title>
May 24, 1993: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
May 24, 1993 Kids, Sex & Values
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 6
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<body>
<p> There have been some fundamental changes throughout our magazine
over the past several years, culminating 13 months ago in a
new organization of the news on our pages. One feature of the
change was a new section, The Week, which summarizes events
of the preceding week with brief accounts, graphics and commentaries.
It instantly became one of the magazine's most popular parts.
This week, in a less dramatic way, we're still in the change
business, giving The Week a different look and bright new features.
While maintaining its summarizing function, The Week will also
absorb the exclusives, inside intelligence and trend-spotting
items from the Grapevine page.
</p>
<p> More intriguing than the alterations, perhaps, is the man carrying
them out. One of managing editor Jim Gaines' first steps after
taking over TIME last February was hiring benign-looking Kurt
Andersen, 38, editor of Spy magazine. If you haven't heard,
Spy is the quintessence of witty and savage satire. It has not
spared our proprietor, Time Warner, nor most other major American
institutions. Have we unleashed a bomb thrower? Not to worry.
Andersen, a man of very many talents, is a former writer in
TIME's Nation section who wrote cover stores on Lee Iacocca,
Jesse Helms and the death penalty. He is committed to our straight-news
mission, although he promises, in the TIME tradition going back
to Henry Luce, "a certain amount of sass when appropriate."
</p>
<p> Like so many American humorists--Benny, Carson, Letterman,
Keillor--Andersen was born in the nation's midsection, Omaha
to be precise. At Harvard he characteristically shunned the
campus daily, the Crimson, in favor of the anti-Establishment
Lampoon. After graduation, Kurt spent five years as a writer
with NBC-TV's Today show, then wrote for TIME for five years.
In 1986 he created Spy with E. Graydon Carter. Throughout the
Spy years Kurt was never a complete defector; he remained our
architecture and design critic.
</p>
<p> Why leave Spy? Andersen now wants to "spend most of my time
writing." As editor at large, he will supervise The Week and
continue with design pieces but devote particular atten tion
to his new "Spectator" column. Inspired by the approach of other
columnists to political subjects, Andersen seeks to cover the
entertainment and culture beat with flair by blending commentary,
reporting and original insights. We're very glad to have him
back.
</p>
<p> Elizabeth Valk Long
</p>
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