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MORMALLY this space is devoted to the exploits and accomplishments of the men and women on the staff of TIME. But last week's announcement that Senior Editor Robert Shnayerson had been appointed editor in chief of Harper's (see THE PRESS) prompts us to reflect a bit on some of our alumni who are now working elsewhere in journalism. "Shnay" leaves with our gratitude for his contributions to TIME and with our best wishes for success in his new job. If we have special reason for believing that it will be a challenging one, it is partly...
...journalism fraternity: Paris Review Editor George Plimpton, former Saturday Evening Post Editor Otto Friedrich, onetime Newsday Publisher Bill Moyers, Columnist Tom Wicker, and London Bureau Chief Anthony Lewis of the New York Times. Last week Cowles and Blair finally decided on a dark horse: TIME Senior Editor Robert B. Shnayerson...
...Shnayerson, 45, has virtually no public image at all. Part of the reason lies in the relative anonymity of TIME editors, but much of it derives from Shnayerson's own personality. He has always been known to his colleagues as an intensely private person. John Fischer, Harper's longtime editor who had returned from retirement to see the magazine through its interregnum, first made contact with Shnayerson in early May. He was the only man actually offered the job. He received from Cowles promises of editorial carte blanche and complete parity with Publisher Blair on the executive level...
Polishing Prose. Shnayerson, the ninth editor in chief in Harper's 121-year history, is not taking over a healthy magazine. The publication lost $100,000 last year, and will probably go deeper into the red this year. Circulation stood at 413,000 after Harper's acquired subscribers of the defunct Reporter magazine; it is now 325,000. Characteristically, Shnayerson says he will "face the music right away," and do what he can to cut costs. He cleared his desk at TIME on Saturday, reported to his new office 20 blocks away on Monday. He has already asked...
...cover story represents a collaboration between Associate Editor Keith Johnson, an Army veteran and former National Guardsman who has reported from Viet Nam, and Senior Editor Robert Shnayerson, an ex-Navyman who has long been fascinated by the judiciary and who started TIME'S Law section seven years ago. Johnson concentrated on the verdict, its impact and its implications. Shnayerson dealt with the history and legal ramifications of war crimes...