Jason Donald McManus (March 3, 1934 – September 19, 2019) was an American

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who served as Editor-in-Chief of

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from 1987 to 1994. He died in September 2019.

Life and career

McManus, a 1956 graduate of

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, became a

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in 1958 after receiving a master's degree in public affairs from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. He began working for Time Inc. in 1957 as a summer intern with ''

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''. He joined ''Time'' magazine in 1959 as a writer in the magazine's World section and later served as the magazine's first Common Market bureau chief in

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. In 1964 he shifted to editing, working in the World and Nation sections of the magazine, overseeing coverage of the

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. In the late 1970s, both McManus and Ray Cave were 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. After working with both men in different capacities, Editor-in-Chief

Henry Anatole Grunwald Henry Anatole Grunwald (December 3, 1922 – February 26, 2005) was an Austrian-born American journalist and diplomat. He was best known for his position as managing editor of ''Time'' magazine and editor in chief of Time, Inc. In 2001, he was ...

recommended McManus replace him in the position he had held since 1979.Jones, Alex S. (April 17, 1987)
Time's Chief Editor to Retire at End of Year.
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'' McManus became editor-in-chief of Time Inc.with Cave in the number two post of editorial director until he left the company in 1988,with some saying McManus forced him out.''New York Times'',"THE MEDIA BUSINESS:A top Editorial Executive is forced out at Time Inc."
/ref> Retiring at the end of 1994 one year before his contract expired, McManus was succeeded by

Norman Pearlstine Norman Pearlstine (born October 4, 1942) is an American editor and media executive. He previously held senior positions at the ''Los Angeles Times'', Time Inc, Bloomberg L.P., ''Forbes'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. Early life and education ...

.Carmody, Deirdre (September 15, 1994)
THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Pearlstine Is Named to Fill Time Inc.'s Top Editing Job.
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'' McManus served on the

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and was awarded an honorary degree from

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in 1991.

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