Is Time's Tom Hanks Cover a Shill for Time Warner?

MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman is taking Time to task for putting Tom Hanks on the cover right before this Sunday’s premiere of Hanks-produced HBO miniseries The Pacific.

First, says Friedman, Hanks is an alright guy, but he probably doesn’t merit placement on the vaunted weekly’s cover. Plus, something smells: Time parent Time Warner also owns HBO.

Friedman spoke with Time‘s editor:

Rick Stengel, one of the sharpest and most ambitious magazine editors around, sounded more bemused than angry or perplexed when I suggested that Time had looked bad here.

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