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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Battista Richard   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Time Inc. [TIME] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TIME INC., 225 LIBERTY STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/31/2018 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10281 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, par value $0.01 01/31/2018   M(1)   56,819 A (2) 181,990 D   Common Stock, par value $0.01 01/31/2018   D   56,819 D (3) 125,171 D   Common Stock, par value $0.01 01/31/2018   D   125,171 D $ 18.5 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 14.32

01/31/2018

D

400,000

(4)

09/12/2026

Common Stock, par value $0.01

400,000

$ 18.5

0

D

Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 14.38

01/31/2018

D

171,673

(5)

02/07/2026

Common Stock, par value $0.01

171,673

$ 18.5

0

D

Performance Stock Units

(2)

01/31/2018

M(1)

56,819

(2)

03/15/2018

Common Stock, par value $0.01

56,819

(2)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Battista Richard C/O TIME INC. 225 LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK, NY 10281	X		President & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Monika Roth, Attorney-in-Fact for Richard Battista		02/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents the OPP units that vested as to 50% of the shares subject to the award, with the remainder of the shares forfeited.
(2)	Each OPP unit was granted under the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan or the 2016 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and represents a right to receive one share of common stock.
(3)	Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 26, 2017, between the issuer, Meredith Corporation and certain other parties in exchange for $18.50 per share on the effective date of the merger.
(4)	This option, which provided for vesting in four equal installments beginning September 13, 2017, was canceled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, determined by multiplying (i) the excess of the per share merger consideration of $18.50 over the exercise price of such stock option by (ii) the number of shares of common stock underlying the stock option, less any applicable withholding taxes. Such transaction was exempt under Rule 16b-3.
(5)	This option, which provided for vesting in four equal installments beginning February 8, 2017, was canceled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, determined by multiplying (i) the excess of the per share merger consideration of $18.50 over the exercise price of such stock option by (ii) the number of shares of common stock underlying the stock option, less any applicable withholding taxes. Such transaction was exempt under Rule 16b-3.

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