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Series I.B.4.b. 1973 to 1978 Business and Publishing: General Managers Winston Cox and Deane Raley Files, 1970-1977, inclusive

Extent

3.25 Linear feet in 5 record cartons

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains Winston Cox's and Deane Raley's files that were found mixed together, maybe due to the transition of the role of General Manager from Cox to Raley. The files have not been separated.

Records document the business and publishing decisions made by the Magazines Development Group.

Restricted material includes staff performance reviews and agreements or contracts with Time Inc. as a party.

Arrangement

Organized into four subseries:

Subseries I.B.3.a. Administrative Files

Subseries I.B.3.b. Money

Subseries I.B.3.c. New Magazine Ideas

Subseries I.B.3.d. People

Biographical Note

Winston "Tony" Cox was an original member of the new Magazine Development Group holding the role of General Manager from 1973 to 1976. At that time, Deane Raley took over as GM. Prior to 1976, Raley was a production manager in the Time Inc. Production Department as well as an assistant to Group Vice President in charge of Magazine Publishing Art Keylor.

Subseries I.B.4.b.i. Administrative Files, 1973-1977, inclusive

Extent

0.75 Linear feet in 3 record cartons

Scope and Contents

Administrative Files document business and publishing administrative activities and decisions of the Magazine Development Group.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically.

Act Media, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annual Reports from Other Companies, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budgets, 1973-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Expenses of Attending Foreign Conventions, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Electric / Time Inc., 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

How and Why People Buy Magazines, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ideas on Launching a New Magazine, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers Financial Reports, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Readership Study, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Single-Copy Sales, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Startups, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media Network, Inc., 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mergers, 1976-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 31-32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Subways Ads, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Non Paid Filler Ads, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Overhead Costs to Magazines, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel, 1974-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3725, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel [RESTRICTED], 1974-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reader's Digest Merchandising Allowance, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research: List of Mail Research Projects, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Salaries / Bonuses, 1974-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Select Magazines Distribution, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stanford Court Hotel, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Simmons, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strategic Planning: Forecast, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Inc. Media Seminar, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Videocomp: Airey, Norm, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B.4.b.ii. Money, 1973-1974, inclusive

Extent

0.2 Linear feet in 2 folders

Scope and Contents

Money includes financial planning records for the early years of the publication.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically.

Budgets, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strategic Planning, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B.4.b.iii. New Magazine Ideas, 1970-1976, inclusive

Extent

0.75 Linear feet in 1 record carton

Scope and Contents

New Magazine Ideas include charts listing ideas and the status of the idea, such as "no interest" or "under discussion"; and correspondence and proposals with suggestions for new magazines.

There is one folder of 1970 material from Stevens DeClerque, Assistant Publisher of Life.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically with general files in chronological order at the front.

General, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 13-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Everyday, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hillsboro Associates, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lifetime Sports, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lime House, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mind and Body, circa 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Outlook, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Saving and Spending, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sunlight, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

TV Plus, 1970, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

World Legal Letter, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B.4.b.iv. People, 1973-1977, inclusive

Extent

1.95 Linear feet in 4 record cartons

Scope and Contents

The files on People document business decisions for the first few years of publication, particularly advertising. Records include weekly reports from People Publisher Dick Durrell to Group Vice President in charge of Magazine Publishing Art Keylor regarding activities in editorial, circulation, advertising, promotion and publicity.

Arrangement

Organized alphabetically.

Advertising, 1975-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 30-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Consumer, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Gatefold Pricing, 1974-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Marketing Organization, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3726, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Monthly Report, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Pricing, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Production Problems, 1975-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Promotion, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Quality Issues, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Rates, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Report by Issue, 1975-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Research, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Sales Travel and Entertainment Report, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising: Swaps, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Associated Press Contract, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Awareness Study, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bonus Plan, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Broadcast Swapping, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bulk Copies, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chain Distribution, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Checkpoints, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation, 1975-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 20-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: ABC Reports, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: Monthly Report, 1974-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: Promotion, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Circulation: Trade Promotion, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cole Monger Waterhouse, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cole Monger Waterhouse [RESTRICTED], 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R68 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Complimentary List, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Covers, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Delivery, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Deliveries: Late, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Distribution, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ditton, Peter, 1975-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Edit, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Edit Closings, 1973-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Field Organization, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Filler Space, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Food Chains, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 38-39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fulfillment, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Grunwald, Henry, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Legal, 1976-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 42-43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letters, 1974-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsletters, 1976-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newsstand, 1973-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 46-47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Permissions, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 48-49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PIB Reports, 1975-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3727, Folder: 50-51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pictures, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Positioning, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Postal Rates, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poster Foldut, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Price Testing, 1973-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Production, 1975-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Profitability, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotion, 1975-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotion Expenses, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotion: Mailings, 1975-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotion: Media, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Place Distribution, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 14-15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rate Card, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reprints, 1975-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Research, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Retail Display Program, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sales: Field Force, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sales: Meeting: Bermuda, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sales: Weekly Sales Report, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Strategic Planning: 18-Month Forecast Review, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subscriber Delivery Report, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subscriptions, 1974-1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Syndication, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 26-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Television, 1976-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 28-29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Test Markets, 1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Distribution Services: Bonus Plan, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Distribution Services: Meeting, 1975 July 7, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Distribution Services: Memoranda, 1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

UPC Identification, 1974-1976, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Us (magazine), 1976-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Videocomp, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Weekly Reports, 1975-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 37-41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wholesaler Allocations / Traffic and Distribution, 1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wholesaler Incentive Plan, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Wholesaler Incentive Program, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Year End Issue, 1975, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3728, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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