NEWSWEEK EDITOR GETS HARPER PLUM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300180061-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2004
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: February 25, 1969
• Content Type: NSPR

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-- _.....,_' ? bar of Harper & Row's board.'......
......,,rote in, nreviotts publishing
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several malor U~nntinaini' a, known at Harper cu A W
tir.n-I . work with authors, m ;^~u,. ` '
trend that nas oceu --- . 1.. porter m' ew tiugn
ating since last year. ^a re.
;wzrhinston' bureau in 19641 Tnt}?oriG anda nips Gabor el Garcia
= ,'lishment of new publishing A l"J", ~.., y,
houses either as independent Secretary of the Treasur ,
s ,fort ;Arthur r,t to iresolve the
now executive vice
,
and
.units or as part of t P resident of the publishing r., P rob
corporate and editorial p
'conglomerates and, most re the merger;,,
the entry of several, company.
ccntly, caused Y
me fact, when with Time Inc. b
the' "As a matter of
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ently
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Mr. Bradford, who is iden-
;,.`I' left Wash.
eca
aid national editor Of been' Lean, Va., but we oily an -i a ss^r:
acquaintancC over rate councils of rime Li fe A> -x :
s been
t Fremont-Smitlt
magazine, ha ^
book publishing
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m
the
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going
s anfiel to succeed C;aas thin ,s like who. was to ;; Books, Co head
division of Tune Inc. When
e C;anfied Jr., a., head of the t ?neral boolxa dislon._
aointment just came as a necessary he w}ll'defcnd the At Little Brown,61
'.f}ct}on and nonfiction divi :'cut the lawn and 'so on. This
;. PI Boston concern's editorial in of g
a vice a
Sion. Ho will also be irwondcrful surprise.
.,. nnrvrn. The ~:., . n~rrit fdenendenre, r.._: t ,t 7 ?a. J. ? z?, `ynr;F
'the house's empiuyeJ y".. attention i.V
t., )cnowledge e `
week, Hal'' in national politics and such'" C i nee draaatilors bath .in:!
dayate; this ressing social 'issues as "' Y
and abroad as well
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ca
ks;Amer
;Scharlatt, an editor at Ran P as for his interest in .books i
JSch House, will begin wan-; urban blight and the blac as + revolution, .had .weighed in
olitics; social issues and n p
-.a - -
e,. ... _? a..... " ::" ,editor in chief. Last mo nm"There is no question, he 5 --- ... _
Dutton hired Robert Brown., Thornhill and Times Li e
"that political and so-
isaid
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ne ,)0 .1
Ling
(away from Esquire magaz
d'tor cial,issues have become most;: - " e live.in a most ex
i
'best sellers; ? _?' ._ It also empuastzck, ~
{{ air. Iselin, for example, as tyre of themajor.book ?~;
........, hndrn from among 50.? that ,-;,,t,.1 nilt..i
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ptesiaeft o
Arno ,
& Row, called ''theme big est. In aT memo ,ondusaid othat
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Some of the ea i g ? vas.
didntes, it was learned, were ?pub11shing?houses for a sue
Cessor to Mr..Canfi l ea', neo
interviewed five or six times, ;.COS'
ur inq
fogy." ;'ail, A-iu,t'-?? ^? -
d most of the leadin ;'
d'n can-: . B
each by Harper & Row exec . extended
utives. While Mr. Isclin's sal- ; the magazine sector of the
pry as vice president and , 'publishing
ublisher of the company's.r. Canfield is leaving for
ter this wee k to
y l
l
p
a
opa
fiction and nonfiction complex Eur i
could not be determined, it wad campieto negota t ions blouse
bclievedto he in the nclghbor, ?.l`~:uropea p
hood of,$35,000 r th catahlishment.`af an
Approve t
Ito be its new fiction e
trblic, par, time for books and for pur-
public,-
Little. Brown & Co., the .relevant to the
to the Young. to Smith
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H ._- ears,!,; said ,,, .,..tly omed E to cainnicrctal sue
Sm
Smith, former book critic of:;, , wee r
I elin in 1968 edited 26 of:... quality. 'and are no longer, as,they
.
re
h
s on
e
,'teed Ned Bradford as - ear before he edited per
ap
c
d to be, lreditor. Mr. Bradford has as- and the e Y. 1t
ue entitled "What -tuatualiy Y exclusive.
sumed a new executive po a special iss ht
t;,,;tnn Utitzt Be 1)6ne,"'on the p . r,. , ?purl hooks can of course
g
d
the booK pti r is subGtantial : knawle ge g )~Y r,, i, ,s a f
l.'fnr editors with exprriente i with fr.;ra. was rh 4. Y
os 7 `?`.. ,y ``'.: !,....: rr . .:s ~i,l - ~''..._.. ~~'k: E :?..:! ,.i, x. ._
.I {,. A oche:. auu _. - _ ,
{reflect a surging interest in :,editor wit" in chief wf
world F publishing experience," but in; shouldn t oe Good bOOKS i
' e lit the bird
i 1' pin
d
;With Time Inc., wnicn today do even better, And I ?
cG7 a Iona The New York Time;! . the i;qu}red the Boston concern ai MhigcazinenAward. al Stharlatt
?~.,vn~r inn 1 ..,, _ e-+ N,nt a ma" izine~ ; see no reason why the?bastic $ ._ .. __tdr..,r -?~
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