editorship

[ ed-i-ter-ship ]

/ ˈɛd ɪ tərˌʃɪp /

the office or function of an editor.

editorial direction.

Origin of editorship

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