A Letter From The Publisher: may 12, 1961

IT'S a rare occasion when TIME starts a new section, as we do this week. The competition for space (our inner space as well as the outer space shown on the cover) is so intense that it is hard for a new department to break in. This competition, producing a need for concentrated, sharp stories, probably more than anything else gives TIME its unique character. The new Modern Living section now joins the competition, and got there, as new sections do, by outgrowing its place in other parts of the magazine.

Show Business is the next youngest section. It dates from 1958....

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