Theater: No Times for Us

A fortnightly finds a home

The unwanted child of the New York Times Co., Us magazine, finally found a foster home last week. The Macfadden Group, publisher of True Confessions, Secrets and Cheri ("The All True Sex News Magazine"), acquired the fortnightly personality magazine after Tunes executives had spent months trying to peddle it—to CBS and the National Enquirer, among others. Macfadden will assume Us's existing subscription liabilities, estimated at about $4 million. It will also pay the Tunes Co. more than $5 million out of the magazine's future profits, if there are...

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