While a co-op student at Auburn University, Logan alternated between school and working at the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration outpost in
Huntsville, Alabama, writing computer programs. Upon graduating, Logan did a brief stint with
Shell Oil’s research division, leaving in 1970 to take a job as a
data processing manager for
Progressive Farmer (later renamed
Southern Progress Corporation).
Southern Progress Corporation After working in
data processing for two years, Logan was promoted to vice president and general manager of
Akra Data, the computer division. He then went on to be named president of the book publishing division of SPC,
Oxmoor House, in 1978, and in 1984 became executive vice president of the company. In 1986,
Time Inc. acquired the company, and Logan was promoted to
chairman and
chief executive officer 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
Southern Living,
Cooking Light,
Health and
Coastal Living magazines and Oxmoor House books, and it is a wholly owned
subsidiary 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
chief operating officer of Time Inc. In August 1994, two years after moving to New York to work with Time Inc., Logan was named
chief executive officer, 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
chairman of
AOL Time Warner's Media and Communications Group, overseeing
America Online, Time Inc.,
Time Warner Cable, the
AOL Time Warner Book Group and Interactive Video Unit. He retired from Time Warner in 2005. ==References==