雑誌Time関連の小ネタ

一つ目は、Time Asiaの発行形態が少し変わったようですね。Amazonのところで表示が変わっていたので、雑誌内の奥付けのようなところを確認してみると以下のように変わっていました。

これまで

TIME Asia is edited in Hong Kong and printed in Singapore and Hong Kong.

今号から

TIME Asia is edited and printed in Singapore

アナウスメントとかニュースとかになっていないか、調べてみましたが残念ながらありませんでした。香港でのメディア活動が難しくなっているとかあるのでしょうか。。。

それを調べている時に、編集長も若い37歳の方になるというニュースがありました。TIMEのサイトにあった社内向けの発表から。

Sam Jacobs Named Editor in Chief of TIME

TIME CEO Jessica Sibley sent the following note to staff on Monday:

Team,

Today, I am thrilled to announce Sam Jacobs as the new Editor in Chief of TIME, effective immediately. Sam will lead TIME’s global newsroom, guide our trusted journalism, and drive innovation across editorial as we continue to focus on accelerating our digital transformation and growing TIME’s audiences.

This is an exciting moment for our brand and today we are making history: Sam is the youngest editor to lead TIME since co-founder Henry Luce. His appointment as TIME’s 19th top editor comes as we are reaching the largest audience in our history—105 million people around the world—with readers under the age of 35 accounting for 45% of TIME’s global audience.

そしてこちらは、対外向けのプレスリリース。語り口の違いが分かりますね。

TIME Appoints Sam Jacobs as Editor-in-Chief

(PRNewsfoto/TIME)

NEWS PROVIDED BY TIME  24 Apr, 2023, 09:01 ET

     

Jacobs is the youngest editor to lead TIME since co-founder Henry Luce

TIME's journalism reaches the largest global audience in the brand's history across digital, print, social and new platforms including live events, TIME Studios, the sustainability division TIME CO2, and more

NEW YORK, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sam Jacobs has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of TIME effective immediately, it was announced today by CEO Jessica Sibley.

Jacobs, 37, is the youngest editor to lead TIME since co-founder Henry Luce. He is the 19th top editor in TIME's history and succeeds Edward Felsenthal, who stepped down in March 2023, and remains TIME's Executive Chairman and a contributing editor.

As Editor-in-Chief, Jacobs leads TIME's global newsroom and its journalism which reaches a combined audience—the largest in TIME's history—105 million people around the world across all platforms. Today, readers under the age of 35 account for 45% of TIME's global audience. TIME's high-impact journalism has served as the foundation of its significant growth since becoming an independent company in 2018, as TIME has launched new business divisions including the Emmy Award-winning film and television division TIME Studios, a rapidly growing global live events business built around the iconic TIME100 and Person of the Year franchises, the sustainability and climate-action platform TIME CO2, and more. TIME's readership includes more than 50 million social media followers and 1 million print subscribers, making TIME magazine the largest U.S. print title in news published today.