Word: andersens
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EDITOR AT LARGE: Kurt Andersen...
More intriguing than the alterations, perhaps, is the man carrying them out. One of managing editor Jim Gaines' first steps after taking over TIME last February was hiring benign-looking Kurt Andersen, 38, editor of Spy magazine. If you haven't heard, Spy is the quintessence of witty and savage satire. It has not spared our proprietor, Time Warner, nor most other major American institutions. Have we unleashed a bomb thrower? Not to worry. Andersen, a man of very many talents, is a former writer in TIME's Nation section who wrote cover stores on Lee Iacocca, Jesse Helms...
Like so many American humorists -- Benny, Carson, Letterman, Keillor -- Andersen was born in the nation's midsection, Omaha to be precise. At Harvard he characteristically shunned the campus daily, the Crimson, in favor of the anti-Establishment Lampoon. After graduation, Kurt spent five years as a writer with NBC-TV's Today show, then wrote for TIME for five years. In 1986 , he created Spy with E. Graydon Carter. Throughout the Spy years Kurt was never a complete defector; he remained our architecture and design critic...
...leave Spy? Andersen now wants to "spend most of my time writing." As editor at large, he will supervise The Week and continue with design pieces but devote particular attention to his new "Spectator" column. Inspired by the approach of other columnists to political subjects, Andersen seeks to cover the entertainment and culture beat with flair by blending commentary, reporting and original insights. We're very glad to have him back...
EDITOR AT LARGE: Kurt Andersen...