Jason McManus
Jason Donald McManus(March 3, 1934 – September 19, 2019) was an Americanjournalistwho served as Editor-in-Chief ofTime Inc.from 1987 to 1994. He died in September 2019.[1]
Life and career
[edit]McManus, a 1956 graduate ofDavidson College,became aRhodes Scholarin 1958 after receiving a master's degree in public affairs fromPrinceton University.He began working for Time Inc. in 1957 as a summer intern withSports Illustrated.He joinedTimemagazine in 1959 as a writer in the magazine's World section and later served as the magazine's first Common Market bureau chief inParis.
In 1964 he shifted to editing, working in the World and Nation sections of the magazine, overseeing coverage of theWatergate scandal.In the late 1970s, both McManus andRay Cavewere assistant managing editors at Time and began a professional rivalry internally. The two editors were frequently up for the same positions, with MacManus reporting to Cave until 1985,when McManus replaced Cave as managing editor of Time, while Cave moved to be "Corporate Editor" at Time Inc.[2]
After working with both men in different capacities, Editor-in-ChiefHenry Anatole Grunwaldrecommended McManus replace him in the position he had held since 1979.[3]McManus became editor-in-chief of Time Inc.with Cave in the number two post of editorial director[4][5]until he left the company in 1988,with some saying McManus forced him out.[6][7]
Retiring at the end of 1994 one year before his contract expired, McManus was succeeded byNorman Pearlstine.[8]
McManus served on theCouncil on Foreign Relationsand was awarded an honorary degree fromUniversity of North Carolina, Ashevillein 1991.
References
[edit]- ^"Jason McManus (1934-2019)".The Highlandscurrent.Retrieved6 October2021.
- ^Timemasthead March 1987
- ^Jones, Alex S. (April 17, 1987).Time's Chief Editor to Retire at End of Year.The New York Times
- ^Timemasthead September 1987
- ^United Press International, "Time promotes Ray Cave to editorial director"
- ^Los Angeles Times,"Ray Cave resigns..."
- ^New York Times,"THE MEDIA BUSINESS:A top Editorial Executive is forced out at Time Inc."
- ^Carmody, Deirdre (September 15, 1994).THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Pearlstine Is Named to Fill Time Inc.'s Top Editing Job.The New York Times
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