Time (magazine)

Time (stylized as TIME, known as Time Magazine) is an American appearing weekly news magazine which has worldwide influence. It was founded in 1923 and is published by the magazine company Time Inc., a unit of media company Time Warner .

History
First Time came out on 3 March 1923. The founders wanted to make a lighter, more exciting than the written sheet as current news magazines.The first edition had 28 pages and contained, among other items on the American alcohol ban and famine in Russia.

The blade was long independent, although the publishing house brought out more and more titles like the picture magazine Life . In 1990 it merged with Warner magazine business (the film company Warner Brothers ), in 1996 the company Turner Broadcasting System (owner of the television station CNN ) and in 2000 with Internet America Online (AOL).

Time magazine now has international editions for Europe, Asia and Canada, as well as an edition for children. In total circulation is over 5 million.

Persons in Time
Time often emphasizes the important people in the world. There is usually one person on the cover. The magazine also has a number of traditions in the exposure of the greats.

Time is best known for the annual election of the " Person of the Year "(to 1998" Man of the Year "). In December of each year the editors select a person from that in the past year has been a great influence in the world. In 2004 this was US President George W. Bush, but also Charles Lindbergh (first in 1927), Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin had the honor. At the end of the twentieth century elected the readers of TIME Albert Einstein as "Person of the Century". For the year 2007, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, voted person of the year. Barack Obama was elected in 2008, Ben Bernanke in 2009, Mark Zuckerberg in 2010.

Since 2004, Time published in April, the "Time 100," a list of the hundred most influential people in the world. In 2005, Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the list and in 2007 Frans de Waal .