Sam Jacobs, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
FROM THE EDITOR
LAST YEAR, RESIDENTS OF YAHIDNE, UKRAINE, were kept captive in a basement guarded by Russian soldiers for nearly a month. Working with Ukrainian journalists, TIME published their incredible story of survival. A photograph sent to us some weeks later captured the villagers seeing themselves in our pages. As TIME’s new editor-in-chief, I will be hanging that picture in my office—a reminder of the power, purpose, and vitality of TIME’s journalism, and the responsibility we have to tell the world’s stories.
On Feb. 7, 1922, Briton Hadden wrote a letter to his mother saying he’d quit his job (sorry, Mom!) and was working with his former classmate Henry Luce to start a new kind of publication. He was confident that within seven weeks, the pair would know whether their idea would be a success. It was, and 101 years later, it remains so: today, the work of TIME’s global newsroom reaches the largest audience in its history, 105 million people across all platforms.
TIME’S HIGH-IMPACT journalism serves as the foundation of the growth of our company, which has been independent since its purchase in 2018 by our owners and co-chairs Marc and Lynne Benioff, extraordinary supporters of our work and our mission. TIME is led by our CEO Jessica Sibley, a champion for TIME’s journalism and TIME’s future. Welcoming new audiences is key to that future: readers under the age of 35 account for 45% of TIME’s global audience, a fact that no doubt would have pleased our 20-something founders. Our readership includes more than 50 million social media followers and 1 million subscribers, making our print magazine the largest U.S. title in news. Under the leadership of my friend and predecessor Edward Felsenthal, we have also vastly expanded the platforms for TIME’s journalism, including our Emmy Award-winning film and television division, TIME Studios, and our rapidly growing live-events business, anchored in the TIME100 and Person of the Year franchises.
On a recent visit to my parents, I discovered a long-forgotten grade-school project: my classmates and I made our own versions of an issue of TIME as a history assignment. Fellow Brookline, Mass., native John F. Kennedy was on the cover of mine. I could not be more thrilled to have the opportunity to make the real thing every day with my colleagues, in all the forms and formats that reach you today. I’ve
