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- <title>
- Nov. 12, 1990: From the Publisher
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Nov. 12, 1990 Ready For War
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 5
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- <body>
- <p> It is often said around our offices that if you look at him
- closely enough, you'll notice that Richard Heinemann has a red
- border. That's a small exaggeration, but throughout a career
- that has included the jobs of TIME U.S. advertising-sales
- director and associate publisher, Dick has always displayed a
- highly contagious enthusiasm for this magazine. "I have had the
- luxury for 21 years of always being able to sell something I
- love and believe in," he says. "That is the best of all jobs for
- a salesman." Now Dick is bringing that exuberance to his new
- role as vice president for advertising of the Time Inc. Magazine
- Co., supervising multi-magazine ad sales for 27 publications,
- including TIME, of course.
- </p>
- <p> Thanks largely to Dick's salesmanship, TIME is enjoying
- another strong advertising performance this year despite a
- daunting climate for magazines. In the third quarter, for
- example, we recorded higher ad revenues than in the same period
- a year ago.
- </p>
- <p> How does Dick do it? For one thing, he brings an instinct
- for journalistic values to the task of selling ads. For years
- he has delighted in meeting regularly with TIME editors to learn
- about the stories after each week's magazine is published. Then
- he takes his sales pitch into the field. "Making a sales call
- with Dick is a little like a religious experience," says TIME
- U.S. advertising-sales manager Barry Briggs. "By the time he
- finishes his delivery, the congregation is on its feet."
- </p>
- <p> Reared in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and a graduate of Lawrence
- College in the same state, Dick combines a folksy sense of humor
- with finely honed competitive instincts. He started with TIME
- in 1969 and joined our Detroit office in 1974. There he found
- himself running neck and neck in ad sales with fellow Detroit
- staff member Jeff Cornish. The two men bet a pair of shoes on
- the outcome. "It was close," Cornish recalls, "but he edged me
- by $600 for the year. Then he dashed out and bought himself the
- shoes."
- </p>
- <p> When he is not selling ads, Dick plays fierce games of golf
- and tennis, and each fall he roots for the Green Bay Packers.
- His favorite singer: Willie Nelson. That is altogether fitting,
- because in his new job Dick is again calling on customers,
- loving every minute of being on the road again.
- </p>
- <p>-- Louis A. Weil III
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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