Downe was a trained journalist who worked at newspapers before becoming a magazine editor.
[6] Two months prior, the circulation department had completed the development of its new computer system that stored the names and addresses of customers on magnetic tape.
This new fulfillment system gave rise to the idea for a new business, with six Look employees looking for their first client.
[7] In 1977, the Charter Company in Jacksonville, Florida, started buying Downe Communications’ stock.
Downe sold his controlling interest in the company to Charter for approximately $9 million in 1978.