Wilner: The legacy of Briton Hadden and Henry Luce
A painting looms over the top floor of the Yale Daily News building, a portrait of a young man in a green eyeshade who wears a pencil-thin mustache and a mysterious sideways smile. His bright eyes follow you wherever you walk. He commands the room.
The man pictured is Briton Hadden, the founding genius behind Time Incorporated. It was he who dreamed of the first newsmagazine and created it with the help of his childhood friend and rival, Henry Luce. Together they edited the Yale Daily News as members of the Board of 1920, launching Time just three years later.
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