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May 14 2008

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May 2008
Bonnie Fuller's illustrious rise through consumer magazines is at a standstill, as she steps down as editorial director at American Media Inc.—and she still has a year left on her contract. Speculation immediately begins about whether she was pushed and what she'll do next.
July 2003
Fuller abruptly resigns as editor in chief of Us Weekly to become editorial director of American Media—a major surprise, as Us publisher Wenner Media had leaked word that Fuller's contract had been renewed.
May 2001
Fuller departs Glamour after three years as editor in chief. No official explanation is given; unofficial word is that she was indiscreetly angling for the top job at Harper's Bazaar and that she’d made an enemy of sister Condé publication Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
August 1998
Fuller ditches Cosmopolitan to take the reins at Glamour. Again, she replaces a revered editor of long standing, Ruth Whitney, who tells the New York Times, "I don't think Bonnie has the track record to uphold Glamour's journalistic standards."
January 1997
Hearst rewards Fuller’s successful launch of Marie Claire by putting her in charge of its most profitable franchise, Cosmopolitan, pushing aside Helen Gurley Brown, the 75-year-old editor who started the magazine.
March 1989
Former Women's Wear Daily reporter Bonnie Hurowitz, as she was then known, lands her first job as editor in chief of an American magazine YM after running Toronto-based Flare, which she helped make into Canada's leading fashion magazine. (No jokes, please.)

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As she exits the stage at American Media, Bonnie Fuller already has her next act scripted. But what is it? "I can't tell you much yet. I can only tell you that I can tell you more in a few weeks," she says. "Stay tuned." Fuller, who's spent the past five years as AMI's editorial director, overseeing Star and the National Enquirer, plus a raft of other tabloids and health titles, won't even say whether she plans to stay in the celebrity news arena, or whether she plans to work for someone else or start her own business, just that there is "a new direction I wanted to pursue." But she will discuss why she chose to leave now rather than in another year, when her three-year, $2 million-a-year contract is up ... Read more
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