Time: The Weekly Newsmagazine has been published continuously since March 3, 1923. Founded by Henry R. Luce (1898–1967) and Briton Hadden (1898–1929), Time was the first publication in Luce's media empire that would later include Fortune (founded in 1930), Life (founded in 1936; see entry under 1930s—Print Culture in volume 2), Sports Illustrated (founded in 1954; see entry under 1950s—Sports and Games in volume 3), and People (founded in 1974; see entry under 1970s—Print Culture in volume 4). Designed for busy readers who wanted a weekly roundup of news and opinion, Time pioneered the concept of the widely imitated weekly news magazine. It offered brief, pithy articles organized into departments such as national news, foreign news, the arts, books, religion, education, and finance.

Time soon became known for its unique style, which tried to compress complex ideas and stories into brief digests, often using witty language like puns and new, original words. The magazine's editors often...