A Letter From The Editors: Aug. 29, 1969

A Letter from the Editors

THIS space is normally reserved for TIME'S weekly letter from the publisher, and since Feb. 10, 1967 it has carried the signature of

This week, however, the letter is from the editors of TIME, because its subject is publishers—past, present and future. Our colleague Jim Shepley is leaving his post at TIME to become president and chief operating officer of Time Inc., TIME'S parent company. We are sad to see him leave the magazine where, as he says, "I have spent 27 of my professional years in journalism."

Starting in 1942 as a correspondent in TIME'S Washington bureau,...

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