Henry Luce Articles

The Prince of Publishing: The Early Years of Henry R. Luce - Click To Read Article
“I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.”

The Time Has Come: Luce Launches His First Magazine - Click To Read Article
Back in the U.S., Luce began working as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News. He later moved to Baltimore to join his old college friend Britton Hadden as a reporter for The Baltimore News. But at 23 years old, both Luce and Hadden were growing restless with their jobs. They began to dream of running their own magazine. Soon, they realized it could be more than just a dream.

Lesson #1: Out with the Old, In with the New - Click To Read Article
“I am all for titillating trivialities,” Luce once said. “I am all for the epic touch. I could almost say that everything in Time should be either titillating or epic or starkly, supercurtly factual.”

Lesson #2: Commitments Never Come Without a Cost - Click To Read Article
“It is sometimes said that the people are ahead of the politicians; it can also be said that journalism ought to be ahead of the people. Otherwise, the people are ill-served,” said Luce. “As a journalist, I am in command of a small sector in the very front trenches of this battle for freedom.”

Lesson #3: Power is in Bringing People Together - Click To Read Article
One might not think it given Luce’s fondness for being opinionated and straightforward, but part of the secret to his success lay in his ability to bring together talented people from a vast array of backgrounds to work together towards a common goal. And, although he liked being the one to articulate that goal, Luce was well aware of the need to create a strong and unified team if he was going to succeed.

Lesson #4: Stop Chasing a Lost Cause - Click To Read Article
If one thing above all else could be said about Luce it is that he was an ambitious man. No matter what the task at hand, Luce hated to lose. Indeed, his parish priest described Luce as “a man of unlimited imagination who reveled in hard facts; one who could be gruff with the mighty and relaxed with little children; a thinker who could see all sides of a question and yet make a quick and implacable decision. To talk with him was to shift the mind into high gear, for his was never in neutral.”

Lesson #5: Curiosity Never Killed the Cat - Click To Read Article
“Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future,” Luce believed. “It is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.”

The Time of His Life: How Luce Built a Publishing Empire - Click To Read Article
“All our publications, all our activities, are successful,” Luce once said in looking back on his career. “They are successful not only at the box office, but they are successful also in the opinion of a large part of mankind. This is a considerable consolation for our efforts over the years.”

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