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.

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.

Guilt is regret for what we’ve done. Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do.

Maybe we're doing something right, ... I don't mean to sound greedy, but my only regret is that a couple of our films had a good shot: 'The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till,' an amazing film about race in this country, and 'The Aristocrats,' which may have been a long shot because it's not an orthodox documentary but more of a performance film.

[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.