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- <title>
- Apr. 06, 1992: From The Publisher
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Apr. 06, 1992 The Real Power of Vitamins
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 13
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- <p> Back in the late 1970s, while pursuing a degree in journalism
- at Syracuse University, Rhonda Hargrove planned to become a news
- reporter. That dream faded quickly after she was assigned to
- interview a newly widowed woman about how she felt concerning
- the murder of her husband. "I knew it wasn't for me," sighs
- Rhonda. Retraining her sights on a career in business, she
- earned an M.B.A. from St. John's University in Jamaica, N.Y.,
- then entered the marketing field. Eleven months ago, Rhonda
- joined Time Distribution Services.
- </p>
- <p> So she landed back where she always knew she belonged--in the world of journalism--only her vantage point is from
- the business side of the equation. As the account executive in
- charge of TIME newsstand sales in the U.S., Hargrove oversees
- the distribution of the copies of the magazine that wend their
- way each week to 175,000 retail outlets around the country.
- </p>
- <p> Hargrove's job includes the development of ways to serve
- the magazine's buyer better. For instance, we now deliver TIME
- to some airport newsstands on Sunday, hours after the new issue
- rolls off the press. Not only is that a day earlier than usual,
- but it also provides readers with a head start on the week.
- Boasts Hargrove: "Business travelers can get a copy of TIME by
- 7 p.m. on Sunday at Los Angeles airport."
- </p>
- <p> Timely delivery of the magazine to newsstands is naturally
- a boon to sales. Consumer marketing director David Gitow
- reports that each outlet displaying TIME for that extra day
- typically sells 20% more copies weekly. In 1991 swift delivery,
- coupled with a voracious public appetite for news, meant a 13%
- rise in newsstand sales over the prior year. During the winter
- months, when the gulf war was in full swing, sales skyrocketed
- 67% higher than the comparable period in 1990. That surge
- contributed to our strong overall circulation of 4.16 million
- in 1991.
- </p>
- <p> These days Rhonda is paying particular attention to how
- the magazine is displayed. "If I see a magazine other than TIME
- in a TIME rack, I think, `How dare they!'" she says with an
- infectious smile. Does she quietly rearrange things so TIME is
- in its right place? She won't say, and you'll have to get up
- early to find out.
- </p>
- <p>-- Elizabeth P. Valk
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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