Don Logan (born 1944) is an American media executive from

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who lives in

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. A retired

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media chairman, Logan also owns the

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minor-league baseball team. In May 2011, he was inducted into the

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. In 2010, he led an ownership group to purchase the

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from

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. In late 2011, they relocated B.A.S.S. headquarters from

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, to Birmingham.

Education

Pursuing a degree in mathematics, Logan graduated

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from

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest ...

in 1966. He also holds a master's degree in mathematics from

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enr ...

and has been awarded

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from Auburn University (1997), Clemson University and

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(1997).

Work

While a co-op student at Auburn University, Logan alternated between school and working at the

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outpost in

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, writing computer programs. Upon graduating, Logan did a brief stint with

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’s research division, leaving in 1970 to take a job as a

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manager for

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(later renamed Southern Progress Corporation).

Southern Progress Corporation

After working in

for two years, Logan was promoted to vice president and general manager of

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, the computer division. He then went on to be named president of the book publishing division of SPC,

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, in 1978, and in 1984 became executive vice president of the company. In 1986, Time Inc. acquired the company, and Logan was promoted to

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and

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of SPC. He was CEO when the author Harry Middleton worked there. The largest regional magazine and book publishing company in the country, SPC publishes ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Coastal Living'' magazines and Oxmoor House books, and it is a wholly owned

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of Time Inc.

Time Inc.

Six years after Logan’s promotion to CEO at SPC, he moved to New York to serve as president and

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of Time Inc. In August 1994, two years after moving to New York to work with Time Inc., Logan was named

, later taking on the additional title of chairman in July 1997. Under his direction, Time Inc. experienced 11 straight years of earnings growth. In 2002, Logan became

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's Media and Communications Group, overseeing

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, Time Inc.,

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, the AOL Time Warner Book Group and Interactive Video Unit. He retired from Time Warner in 2005.

References

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