• The New York Times, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:29 AM

Jack Griffin, who took the reins as chief executive in September, has directed all Time publications to begin running mastheads - the pages that list who does what, from editor in chief to technology support staff. And his name will be first. At many magazines, including some from Time Inc., mastheads have traditionally listed the editorial leadership first.

Whether to run a masthead had been at the discretion of Time Inc. editors. And they would often choose not to for a variety of reasons - for example, because they wanted an extra page for editorial content or felt a page with what is essentially a staff directory would interrupt the flow of features in the magazine's front section. When Time magazines have run mastheads, the chief executive's name has not always been the first.

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