SPECIAL REPORT — “Castle Announces Deal with Cotter.” That was the very first headline of the very first issue of HARDLINES, 20 years ago.
It was sent from a small office, barely a closet, in a basement with ceilings so low anyone over six feet tall had to stoop to enter. A single land line handled the few calls that came in. But a second line handled faxes generated by a fax software program to manage subscriptions…
