Just as citizens, ... we feel badly about the fact that there's been a rash of violence. . . . Clearly, that was not our intent in publishing what we thought was a solid news item.

We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst,

whatever facts we got wrong, we apologize for. I've expressed regret for the loss of life and the violence that put American troops in harm's way. I'm getting a lot of angry e-mail about that, and I understand it.

[But] for anybody in this business, ... the big challenges are: How do you continue to keep print magazines exciting and viable while also taking advantage of the Web? How do you attract younger readers? And what can we do to make the strongest possible case to the advertising community? John is in the same boat with everyone else in trying to figure those things out.

The bottom-line pressures at Time Inc. are no secret,

in a position to know the things he was telling us.