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- May 27, 1991: From The Publisher
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- May 27, 1991 Orlando
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 18
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- <p> For the past four months, TIME has had a special guest. Unlike
- most guests, however, he's had to work hard during his stay.
- Since early February, Geoffrey Colvin, a member of the Board of
- Editors at FORTUNE, has been sitting in as editor of TIME's
- Business section. His visit is part of an exchange among the
- publications of the Time Inc. Magazine Co., intended to give
- selected editors a taste of new environs.
- </p>
- <p> Colvin has made the transition to TIME with ease and elan,
- overseeing the Business section during an especially busy
- period. Two cover stories--on the nuclear-power industry and
- on the Scientology cult--appeared on his watch. He edited two
- major stories on shady dealings at the Bank of Credit & Commerce
- International as well as perceptive articles on the rebounding
- housing industry and on Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer.
- </p>
- <p> "I've had a terrific time," says Colvin. After 12 1/2
- years at FORTUNE, he admits that TIME's different style and
- approach required some adjustment. The two magazines, for
- example, are aimed at largely different readerships. "FORTUNE's
- readers are managers," he says, "while TIME's readers are
- consumers." TIME's more hectic, weekly schedule also took some
- getting used to. "I'm impressed with the speed with which things
- happen around here," he says. His staff was equally impressed
- with Colvin's speed at adapting. "He handled an unusually heavy
- crunch of covers and major breaking stories without missing a
- beat," says associate editor Janice Castro.
- </p>
- <p> A native of South Dakota, Colvin, 37, majored in economics
- at Harvard. While still in school and just afterward, he worked
- as a disk jockey for classical-music radio stations. (He still
- puts his radio voice to good use, as a commentator on business
- for CBS Radio.) Colvin spent three years as a ghostwriter for
- CBS Inc. chairman William S. Paley's autobiography, As It
- Happened, before joining FORTUNE as a reporter. An editor there
- since 1984, he has worked on virtually every kind of story the
- magazine covers, though his primary responsibility is the
- Managing section.
- </p>
- <p> As his TIME assignment nears an end, Colvin is not leaving
- without some regrets. Says he: "Four months is enough time to
- feel like you know the job." It was enough time for us to feel
- like we know the guest--and to realize that we'll miss him.
- </p>
- <p>-- Robert L. Miller
- </p>
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