Series I.A.1.a. 1973 to 1978 Editorial: Editor Otto Fuerbringer Files, 1969-1985, inclusive

Otto Fuerbringer started as a writer at Time in 1942. After holding other positions, he was promoted to managing editor in 1960. Fuerbringer held this title until May 1968 when Editor-in-Chief Hedley Donovan appointed him as the "chief explorer of Time Inc.'s interests and opportunities in the newspaper field," making him a vice president.

This appointment morphed into being the managing editor for the Magazine Development Group (MDG). In February 1971, executive vice president Bernard Auer and corporate Editorial Director Louis Banks invited Fuerbringer to join a newly formed magazine development task force. A February 1973 memorandum from Donovan and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Heiskell to then Corporate Editor Ralph Graves discusses the establishment of a department to develop new magazines with Fuerbringer as the editor and Garry Valk as the publisher.

While Fuerbringer was editor of the MDG, Time Inc. created and first published Money and People. Although Fuerbringer retired from Time Inc. in September 1973, it looks like he continued to participate in magazine development at Time Inc. Specifically he was the editor of the never-launched Leisure.

Citations:

"Retire? Never." FYI, September 29, 1975.

"Three Magazines Tested by Time Inc." Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter, 20 August 1986.

Time Inc. Corporate Editorial Records, MS 3009-RG 6, New-York Historical Society.