Word: circe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...staid daily sister, the Times, which he edited for a year before being ousted in a dispute with Rupert Murdoch. Now Evans' English eye will be tested at a very American publication: Mortimer Zuckerman, who last month paid $176.3 million for U.S. News and World Report (circ. 2,050,000), has announced that he is giving Evans, 56, the nebulous job of "editorial director...
...eccentric but successful blend of sardonic humor and compassion for some unlikely subjects, including Michael Jackson and lottery-ticket buyers. The magazine is less beloved by some of its traditional subscribers: many of those who canceled complained of the shift in tone. Editor Victor Navasky of the rival Nation (circ. 53,000) notes that the New Republic's diversity rarely extends to airing the views of true radicals. The magazine is inflexible in its support of Israel and has what Hertzberg concedes is an "obsession with the Middle East...
...principal architect of this success is the magazine's publisher, James Glassman, 37. Last week Peretz's friend Mortimer Zuckerman lured Glassman away, with Peretz's permission, to become a top executive at U.S. News & World Report (circ. 2.1 million). Zuckerman takes over as owner of the newsweekly next month. Editor Hertzberg has also served notice that he is interested in eventually exploring other careers. But Peretz asserts that the magazine will readily attract able executives. Says Peretz: "The one sure thing at this unpredictable magazine is that we will go on being unpredictable...
...responsible for one of the biggest British setbacks of the ten-week war. Argentina used the weapon to sink the destroyer H.M.S. Sheffield, which went down in the South Atlantic on May 4, 1982, with a loss of 20 seamen. Aerospatiale bought a page in The Economist (estimated circ. 252,000), which usually costs about $5,650, to dispute recent reports that the Exocet is not really the devastating ship killer Britons had come to revile. On the contrary, boasted Aérospatiale heartily, "Exocet is and remains the leader in its category ... that's why it upsets people...
...Today had a paid circulation of more than 1.1 million for the final quarter of 1983, making it the third biggest U.S. daily. The paper's first-quarter figures for 1984, not yet audited, show a jump to nearly 1.3 million, close to the New York Daily News (circ. 1.4 million) and on schedule with plans to outstrip the Wall Street Journal (circ. 2 million) by 1987. The audit silenced speculation that Gannett had padded its totals with giveaways. Says Publisher Cathleen Black: "This is an important step. It gives us much more credibility...