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Enjoyed this. We overlapped at THR. I started as an intern my senior year at USC in the fall of 1981 and continued through the summer of 1982. Martin Kent was editor when I started and Bruce Binkow when I left. It was certainly an interesting experience. I wrote about it here: https://tomhuntington.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/hey-now/

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Thanks Tom! We clearly worked in the same newsroom at the same time. I was the guy in the middle of the room with my back to the desk of film reporters--working on an electric typewriter. I also remember Ruth being in the newsroom, not in the main room with Hank, but cest la vie. Loved your piece--great stories. I forget about ol' Radie!

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Hi Jeff, I worked in THR's NY bureau in 1986. We met a couple of times when you were at USA Today (Rich Zacks a mutual friend). You describe it perfectly: "Competition was fierce, unlike anything I ever experienced anywhere else, at any other time. Like heart-thumping, every morning intense." It was the only newspaper "war" I've been involved in. It so felt like one. Instead of red circles, I'd get "the call" from LA. And the cozying up. Pat the saleswoman would also visit NY and attend Cannes and plead for the same puff coverage in support of advertisers.

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Hey Rich--thanks for reaching out. What are you doing these days?

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I write mysteries. Finished a four-book series. Now have a manuscript on submission with agents. I also work with kids on newspapers, in school and out. The biggest project is the PelhamExaminer.com. I'm helping 40 students 10-20 years old run the town's newspaper, which they founded and own after the adult-owned one went under.

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