From The Publisher: Sep. 13, 1993

Readers who long to talk back to time writers and editors, and to the public figures we profile, will soon have the chance to do so through the magic of computer screens like the one above. On Sunday, Sept. 12, TIME will become the first newsmagazine to enter the interactive-network age, when it becomes available on America Online, the nation's fastest-growing provider of online services to households. For the price of an America Online subscription ($9.95 a month plus $3.50 an hour after the first five hours each month; phone 1-800-827-6364, extension 7758), computer users will receive the text of each...

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