Time (magazine)

==Style==
===Writing===
''Time'' initially possessed a distinctively "acerbic, irreverent style", largely created by Haddon and sometimes called "Timestyle".<ref name="sumner">{{cite book| first=David E.| last=Sumner| title=The Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7g9PgL_No0C&q=Time| year=2010| publisher=Peter Lang| isbn=978-1-4331-0493-0| page=62| access-date=June 21, 2022| archive-date=September 23, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923075127/https://books.google.com/books?id=J7g9PgL_No0C&q=Time| url-status=live}}</ref> Timestyle made regular use of [[inverted sentence]]s, as famously parodied in 1936 by [[Wolcott Gibbs]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'': "Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind&nbsp;... Where it all will end, knows God!"<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpMiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Backward+ran+sentences+until+reeled+the+mind%22 |title=The New Yorker |access-date=January 26, 2014 |last1=Ross |first1=Harold Wallace |last2=White |first2=Katharine Sergeant Angell |year=1936 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814113605/https://books.google.com/books?id=xpMiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Backward+ran+sentences+until+reeled+the+mind%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Time'' also coined or popularized many [[neologism]]s like "socialite", "guesstimate", "televangelist", "pundit", and "tycoon",<ref name="sumner"/> as well as some less successful ones like "cinemactress" and "radiorator".<ref name="firebaugh">{{cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/486963 |jstor=486963 |title=The Vocabulary of 'Time' Magazine |last1=Firebaugh |first1=Joseph J. |journal=American Speech |year=1940 |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=232–242 |doi=10.2307/486963 |access-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928210333/https://www.jstor.org/stable/486963 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Time'' introduced the names "World War I" and "World War II"  in 1939, as opposed to older forms like "First World War" and "World War No. 2".<ref>''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 3rd edition, November 2010, updated online March 2021, ''s.v.'' 'world war' [https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/230279#eid139202234 P2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808171141/https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/230279#eid139202234 |date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> The [[false title]] construction was popularized by ''Time'' and indeed is sometimes called a "''Time''-style adjective".<ref name=Meyer>{{citation| last=Meyer| first=Charles F.| date=June 29, 2002| title=Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation| chapter=Pseudo-titles in the Press Genre of Various Components of the International Corpus of English| editor1-last= Reppen| editor1-first=Randi| editor2=Susan M. Fitzmaurice| editor3=Douglas Biber| publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Co.| pages=147–166| isbn=978-9-0272-9616-0| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMjptmcSYUcC&pg=PA147| access-date=May 27, 2009| archive-date=August 8, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808171140/https://books.google.com/books?id=nMjptmcSYUcC&pg=PA147| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=MWDEU>{{cite book| year=1994| title=Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage| edition=2nd| page=429| publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated| isbn=978-0-8777-9132-4| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2yJusP0vrdgC&pg=PA429| access-date=May 23, 2009| archive-date=August 8, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808171140/https://books.google.com/books?id=2yJusP0vrdgC&pg=PA429| url-status=live}}.</ref><ref name=TMB>{{cite book| last=Bernstein| first=Theodore M.| author-link=Theodore Menline Bernstein| year=1965| title=The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage| publisher=Simon and Schuster| edition=2nd| page=107| isbn=978-0-6848-2632-5| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYd35MUlSm4C&pg=PA107| access-date=May 23, 2009| archive-date=August 8, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808171140/https://books.google.com/books?id=qYd35MUlSm4C&pg=PA107| url-status=live}}.</ref><ref name=Wilson>{{cite book| last=Wilson| first=Kenneth G.| year=1993| title=The Columbia Guide to Standard American English| publisher=Columbia University Press| pages=188–189| isbn=978-0-231-06989-2| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2ChiO2yEZ0C&pg=PA188| access-date=May 23, 2009| archive-date=August 9, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809145152/https://books.google.com/books?id=L2ChiO2yEZ0C&pg=PA188| url-status=live}}.</ref>

===Sections===
====Milestones====
Since its first issue, ''Time'' has had a "Milestones" section about significant events in the lives of famous people, including births, marriages, divorces, and deaths.<ref>"Milestones". ''Time''. [http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,833816,00.html "June 25, 1965"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808183514/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,833816,00.html |date=August 8, 2021}}.</ref><ref>"Milestones 2016". ''Time''. [https://time.com/4598032/milestones-2016/ "December 28, 2016"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808182412/https://time.com/4598032/milestones-2016/ |date=August 8, 2021}}.</ref> Until 1967, entries in Milestones were short and formulaic. A typical example from 1956:<ref>"Milestones". ''Time''. [http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,824154,00.html "March 26, 1956"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808183515/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,824154,00.html |date=August 8, 2021}}.</ref>
<blockquote>
'''Died'''. Lieut, (j.g.) [[David Browning|David Greig ("Skippy") Browning Jr.]], 24, star of the 1952 Olympics as the U.S.'s dazzling three-meter diving champion, national collegiate one-and three-meter diving champ (1951–52); in the crash of a North American FJ-3 Fury jet fighter while on a training flight; near Rantoul, Kans.
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A reader wrote a parody of the older form to announce the change:<ref>Betsy Tremont, Letter to the Editor, in "A Letter from the Publisher". ''Time''. [http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,837356,00.html "October 13, 1967]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808182414/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,837356,00.html |date=August 8, 2021}}.</ref>
<blockquote>
'''Died'''. Time's delightful but confusing habit of listing names, ages, claims to fame, and other interesting tidbits about the famous newly deceased in its Milestones notices; then the circumstances of, and places where, the deaths occurred; of apparent good sentence structure; in New York.
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====Listings====
Until the mid-1970s, ''Time'' had a weekly "Listings" section with capsule summaries or reviews of current significant films, plays, musicals, television programs, and literary bestsellers similar to ''[[The New Yorker]]''{{'s}} "Current Events" section.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010809205446/http://www.time.com/time/archive/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 9, 2001|magazine=Time|title=Time Magazine archives}}</ref>

===Cover===
''Time'' is also known for the red border on its cover, introduced in 1927. The iconic red border was homaged or satirized by Seattle's ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'' newspaper in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/great-american-novelist/Content?oid=4940853 |title=Great American Novelist |last=Lin |first=Tao |date=September 21, 2010 |website=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] |access-date=May 30, 2011 |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511131041/http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/great-american-novelist/Content?oid=4940853 |url-status=live}}</ref> The border has only been changed eight times since 1927:

*The special issue released shortly after the [[September 11 attacks]] on the United States had a black border to symbolize [[mourning]]. The next regularly scheduled issue returned to the red border. 
*The [[Earth Day]] issue from April 28, 2008, dedicated to [[List of environmental issues|environmental issues]], had a green border.<ref>MSNBC-TV report by Andrea Mitchell, April 17, 2008, 1:45&nbsp;pm .</ref><!-- temporary reference; more permanent one to follow -->
*The issue from September 19, 2011, commemorating the [[Memorials and services for the September 11 attacks|10th anniversary of September 11 attacks]], had a metallic silver border.
*On December 31, 2012, the cover had a silver border, celebrating [[Barack Obama]]'s selection as Person of the Year.
*On November 28 and December 5, 2016, the magazine had a silver border covering the "Most Influential Photos of All Time".
*The issue from June 15, 2020, covering the [[George Floyd protests|protests]] surrounding the [[murder of George Floyd]], was the first time that the cover's border included names of people. The cover, by artist [[Titus Kaphar]], depicts an African-American mother holding her child.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/5847667/story-behind-george-floyd-time-cover/ |title=The Story Behind Time's George Floyd Cover |date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |magazine=Time |first=D. W. |last=Pine |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001093054/https://time.com/5847667/story-behind-george-floyd-time-cover/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*The issues from September 21 and 28, 2020, covering the American response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]], had a black border.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://time.com/5887436/time-black-border-coronavirus/ |magazine=Time |title=The Story Behind Time's Issue Marking Nearly 200,000 U.S. Deaths—and Why Its Border Is Black For the Second Time in History |first=Edward |last=Felsenthal |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911165329/https://time.com/5887436/time-black-border-coronavirus/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*The issues from September 26 and October 3, 2022, covering the [[Death of Elizabeth II|death]] of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], had a silver border.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zornosa |first1=Laura |title=The Story Behind Time's Commemorative Queen Elizabeth II Cover |url=https://time.com/6211810/time-queen-elizabeth-ii-cover/ |access-date=September 9, 2022 |magazine=Time |date=September 8, 2022 |archive-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909014234/https://time.com/6211810/time-queen-elizabeth-ii-cover/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Former president [[Richard Nixon]] has been among the most frequently featured on the cover of ''Time'', having appeared 55 times from August 25, 1952, to May 2, 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://time.com/3085905/richard-nixon-resignation-anniversary-watergate-time-covers/| title=Watch: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon in Time Covers| first=Corey| last=Protin| author2=Lily Rothman| date=August 6, 2014| magazine=Time| language=en| access-date=September 17, 2018| archive-date=August 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818115136/http://time.com/3085905/richard-nixon-resignation-anniversary-watergate-time-covers/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2020, the magazine replaced its logo with the word "Vote",<ref>{{cite web| url=https://belatina.com/time-vote-cover-2020-elections/| title=Time Magazine Changes Its Logo for the First Time| website=BELatina| date=October 26, 2020| language=en| access-date=October 26, 2020| archive-date=October 31, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031132851/https://belatina.com/time-vote-cover-2020-elections/| url-status=live}}</ref> explaining that "Few events will shape the world to come more than the result of the upcoming US presidential election".<ref name=Felsenthal/>

===2007 redesign===
In 2007, ''Time'' redesigned the magazine to update and modernize the format.<ref>{{cite web| title=Reinventing Time magazine – Features| url=https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/creative-lifestyle/reinventing-time-magazine/| access-date=November 8, 2021| website=Digital Arts| archive-date=November 8, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108082445/https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/creative-lifestyle/reinventing-time-magazine/| url-status=live}}</ref> Among other changes, the magazine reduced the red cover border to promote featured stories, enlarged column titles, reduced the number of featured stories, increased [[White space (visual arts)|white space]] around articles, and accompanied opinion pieces with photographs of the writers. The changes were met with both criticism and praise.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Time of Their Lives|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/28976/| magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]| access-date=August 22, 2012| first=Joe| last=Hagan| date=March 4, 2007| archive-date=October 9, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009110641/http://nymag.com/news/features/28976/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| title=Does The Redesign of Time Magazine Mean It Has A New Business Model As Well?| url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/03/does_the_redesi.html| magazine=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]| access-date=August 22, 2012| first=Bruce| last=Nussbaum| date=March 25, 2007| archive-date=August 18, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818051639/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/03/does_the_redesi.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Full Esteem Ahead| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122001330.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| first=George F.| last=Will| date=December 21, 2006| access-date=September 16, 2017| archive-date=October 18, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018061840/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122001330.html| url-status=live}}</ref>