Luce, Henry R. and Hadden, Briton 1898-1967, 1898-1929

MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS

New Departures.

Henry Luce and Briton Hadden invented the newsmagazine when they launched Time in 1923. Their magazine developed innovative approaches to news coverage, such as packaging the news in topical units; utilizing group journalism, by which an article resulted from the work of teams of researchers, reporters, writers, and editors; and replacing standard newspaper prose with a catchy narrative style.

School Days.

Luce was born in China to Presbyterian missionaries and retained a missionary zeal in his approach to publishing. At fifteen he came to America and attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. At Hotchkiss he encountered Briton Hadden, the Brooklyn-born offspring of a well-connected family. Luce edited the school literary magazine and was assistant managing editor of the newspaper; Hadden was managing editor of the paper, They went to Yale, where Hadden became...

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