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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
Since World War II, TIME has been a global magazine in every
sense of the word. Our foreign business, which has nine editions
with a total circulation of 1.4 million, is now growing faster than
ever. International revenues have increased by 30% in the past two
years, and represent 25% of the magazine's total. The economies in
Asia are booming, Western Europe is aiming for greater integration
in 1992, and Eastern Europe promises new opportunities. All this
makes the need for immediate information more important, and that
enhances TIME's role as the leading international newsmagazine.
This in turn has required the shifting of certain responsibilities
in the publisher's office, and with that in mind, I am delighted
to have Louis A. Weil III as TIME's U.S. publisher. (I remain
worldwide publisher.)
Chip Weil, 48, a native of Grand Rapids, has been a loyal TIME
reader since he was a student of American literature at Indiana
University. As a naval officer based for three years in Asmara,
Ethiopia, he usually went through each issue more than once. Before
arriving here he had a successful 18-year career with the Gannett
newspapers; he was a senior vice president of Gannett and publisher
of a ten-newspaper group with headquarters in White Plains, N.Y.,
and, most recently, publisher and CEO of the Detroit News. "TIME,"
he says, "has always been an icon for me -- the source. It was a
thrill to be asked to join the flagship." Although all publishing
is competitive, he adds, "the biggest challenges here are ideas.
Our task is to go into the next century as relevant and essential
to our readers as we are now."
Beginning next week, Chip's signature will appear at the bottom
of this column.
In addition to our coverage of the Malta summit and other world
events, you will find two unique pieces of journalism in this
week's issue. One is an interview with East German leader Egon
Krenz, the first he has given to an American magazine. The
discussion deals with the fall of the Wall, German reunification,
the future of socialism and Krenz's decision to avoid bloodshed in
Leipzig. The other story is an amazing reconstruction of what went
on behind the scenes in Prague in the months before the fall of the
Communist regime. These are only two examples of the additional
dimension we try to bring to the news every week.