Sidney Harman

"He was a magical man, full of intellectual curiosity and a desire to see Newsweek reflect the pursuit of ideas."

— TINA BROWN, on Sidney Harman, the audio tycoon who bought the struggling newsmagazine last year, who died on April 12 at age 92; Harman named Brown editor in chief of a new media entity combining Newsweek with Brown's site the Daily Beast

This text originally appeared on TIME.com on April 13, 2011.

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