Betts was one of several longtime editors to leave Vogue around the millennium.

King, as his longtime editor puts it, "is the rock star of writers."

As a longtime editor, though, he knew a Cinderella story when he saw one.

George Bond, a longtime editor of computer technology magazines, has been named publisher.

He himself was a longtime editor and critic for that magazine.

"We're all incredibly gloomy," a longtime editor said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Shields was also the longtime editor of the Gospel Witness.

Nevertheless, the shadow of the journal's longtime editor still lurks.

So does one other longtime editor who asked not to be identified.

A longtime editor of food magazines recalled those days - which were as recent as the 70's.