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<text id=89TT1241>
<title>
May 08, 1989: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
May 08, 1989 Fusion Or Illusion?
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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<p> Vitali Ignatenko vividly remembers the day four years ago
when the lives of Soviet journalists changed dramatically. Soon
after taking office, Mikhail Gorbachev displayed his new style
by delivering a speech live on Soviet television. "We realized
that we had reached a new period," Ignatenko recalls. "It was
the first step into the era of glasnost."
</p>
<p> As editor in chief of the Soviet foreign affairs weekly New
Times, Ignatenko, 48, has since taken many steps into that new
era. Three months ago, for example, the magazine (circ.
600,000) published the first Soviet press interview ever with
Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa.
</p>
<p> Last fall World editor Jim Kelly spent two weeks in the
Soviet Union as a guest of New Times. We recently reciprocated
by inviting Ignatenko to visit TIME's U.S. operation. As it
turned out, we asked him nearly as many questions about his job
as he asked about how an American newsmagazine is put together.
We learned, for example, that Ignatenko has a telephone in his
office that connects him directly to top officials -- and vice
versa. "Gorbachev personally hasn't phoned me," Ignatenko says,
"but he knows all the editors on a first-name basis and meets
with us regularly."
</p>
<p> Ignatenko was especially intrigued by TIME's design, and
consulted with graphics editor Nigel Holmes about sharpening
the look of New Times. Ignatenko took particular interest in
TIME's meticulous efforts to check facts. "With glasnost,
Soviet journalists now have even more responsibility to be
accurate," he explains. "Let's say we write something that is
incorrect about one of the nationalities in the republics. That
could cause a serious disturbance."
</p>
<p> Ignatenko spent four days in Miami with bureau chief James
Carney, who speaks Russian. He met Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez,
toured the building of the Miami Herald -- and squeezed in a
few hours on the beach. We urged him to stay longer, but he had
to fly home to Moscow to prepare for another trip. His
destination: Beijing, where he arrives this week to plan
coverage of the Sino-Soviet summit.
</p>
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