editorship

[ed-i-ter-ship]

the office or function of an editor.

editorial direction.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1775–85; editor + -ship

On Wednesday, Jill Abramson was suddenly ousted from the editorship of The New York Times.
Jill Abramson Fired from the Times: Was It About Money and Sexism—Or Management Style?|Lloyd Grove|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He recounts his editorship of the Forward and his political twists and turns.
Moving It Forward: The Life of Abraham Cahan Considered|Wendy Smith|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I did not authorise, nor was I aware of, phone hacking under my editorship.
Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, and Fleet Street’s Elite Charged|Peter Jukes|July 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That was the Jewish Daily Forward, issued in New York under the editorship of Abraham Cahan.
The Jewish Daily Forward Defined the Word Obama’s Now Using as a Slogan|Seth Lipsky|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Suspicion alone would be enough to justify summoning Morgan to account for his editorship of the Mirror at a critical time.
Piers Morgan's New Headache|Brian Cathcart|August 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I wrote him a letter of wailing when he gave up the editorship and literature and became Member for Newcastle.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II|Mrs. Humphry Ward
He offered me the editorship with forty-nine of the hundred shares of stock on very easy terms, which nowise tempted me.
Marse Henry (Vol. 1)|Henry Watterson
How would the cardinal have acted with the editorship of a daily newspaper.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
His Lehrjahre or student-time may be said to have ended with his editorship.
Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2)|Frank Harris
What really occupied and compassed his activities, in spite of his strenuous reveries of work beyond it, was his editorship.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells