Time CEO coming here to discuss 'Assignment'

Time Inc.'s CEO will be in town Jan. 15 to discuss the decision to come to the city.

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Time Inc.'s CEO Ann Moore will be in Detroit in January to give the "back story" on what brought the national publication to the city.

Inforum will host Moore at a Jan. 15 luncheon at the Detroit Marriott, Renaissance Center.

Moore is expected to discuss why Time bought a house in Detroit and moved in staff for a year to get fully immersed in the city and region, what the magazine hopes to learn from the experience, how the project fits into a culture of innovation and why such projects "are to be embraced, rather than feared, at a time of great change."

"Time Inc.'s Assignment Detroit project is a bold experiment in journalism that presents a great opportunity for Detroit and the Detroit region," said Terry Barclay, CEO of Inforum and Inforum Center for Leadership.

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