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- <title>
- Apr. 20, 1992: From The Managing Editor
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Apr. 20, 1992 Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR, Page 8
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- <p> This issue of Time contains the most significant changes
- since the magazine's creation in 1923--a long stretch in the
- life of a successful and pre-eminent publication. We have
- redesigned TIME with you in mind, to make the magazine more
- accessible, more relevant and more valuable than ever in an era
- in which the instantaneous transmission of news around the world
- has transformed both how much--and how little--we all know.
- </p>
- <p> The first change you will notice as you begin reading is
- the weekly news summary that starts on page 22. This section,
- called The Week, will deliver on the purpose that our founders,
- Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, set for the magazine in its
- prospectus in 1922: to keep busy people informed. Today readers
- like you are busier than ever and blanketed by sound bites and
- news fragments as never before. TIME's news summary sorts the
- important from the trivial, the timeless from the fleeting.
- </p>
- <p> After the news summary, you will find the main part of the
- magazine, a body of stories that do not just record events but
- go well beyond the news. These stories define the essential
- mission of a newsmagazine in the era of split-second global
- communications: to give you more--more than you saw on
- television, heard on the radio or read in your local newspaper.
- Not just more facts, but more understanding. The 1992 version
- of TIME's prospectus might offer, as editor-in-chief Jason
- McManus puts it, "to meet the needs of busy men and women who
- already think of themselves as quite well informed."
- </p>
- <p> Toward the end of the magazine you will find a new section
- called Reviews. Readers have always looked to TIME for critical
- judgments on new movies, books, plays, art exhibits and other
- forms of culture. Whether to help you make choices or just to
- keep you current, we have grouped all the reviews into one handy
- section. The magazine then closes with People and Essay, two of
- the most widely read departments.
- </p>
- <p> In reorganizing the magazine, we have made aesthetic
- changes as well. We believe you will find the new design of the
- pages cleaner and more direct, making it easier for you to find
- what most interests you. We have replaced Times Roman, the body
- typeface since the 1940s, with Time Text, drawn for us by Boston
- type designer David Berlow. The type is based on sturdy, clear
- styles like Century and Madison, which became popular in
- American newspapers at the last turn of the century. While you
- may notice that some pictures are bigger, the overall balance
- between photos and text has not changed.
- </p>
- <p> As we worked on this new design, one goal was uppermost in
- our minds: never to forget that this was not only our TIME but,
- most important, your TIME. We have always been a newsmagazine
- and always will be. We know that you look to TIME for thorough
- reporting, excellent writing and sound judgment. You expect us
- to discover the undiscovered and explain the unexplained. In a
- world overwhelmed by instant, unanalyzed news, you demand
- reflection and perspective, balance and breadth.
- </p>
- <p> This will be our goal, week in and week out, in the new
- TIME.
- </p>
- <p>-- Henry Muller
- </p>
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