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Under the 31-year editorial stewardship of Ruth Whitney, 70, Glamour committed itself to offering young women a perspective beyond the frame of their compact mirrors. In fact, Whitney's mix of personal service and substantial journalism has made Glamour one of the best-read women's magazines in the country, with 2.2 million readers, vs. top-selling Cosmo's 2.7 million. Glamour is the biggest moneymaker for its corporate parent, Conde Nast, and has won a number of National Magazine Awards, including two for general excellence and one for a series on managed care...
...came as a jolt to members of the Manhattan publishing community--chief among them Whitney--when the revered editor was ousted a week ago and replaced by her rival, Cosmo editor Bonnie Fuller, 41, who took over Hearst's sex-and-the-single-girl book from Helen Gurley Brown just 18 months ago. Fuller's successor at Cosmo will be Redbook editor Kate White...
...Whitney, who had planned to retire in the next few years, was stunned by Fuller's installation and distressed that she hadn't been asked for input in naming her successor. Fuller would not have been on her short list. "I told S.I. Newhouse [Conde Nast's owner] how disappointed I was in the choice," Whitney says. "I don't think Bonnie has the track record to uphold Glamour's journalistic standards, and I fear for what the magazine may lose. This is saying that only numbers matter and that women's magazines are just commodities...
...Whitney's devoted writers and editors worry about the kind of internal culture that Fuller, who has a reputation as a prima donna and a harsh manager, will create. "Under Whitney," says an editor, "there are no tears, no screaming fits, no fabulous darlings." To her credit, Fuller is known to be very loyal to favored staff members. Catherine Romano, who worked as an editor under Fuller at YM, MC and Cosmo, explains that while Fuller can be "tough and demanding," she finds talent in people "and lets them max out on their ability...
...Rogerses say they remember Whitney's baby got an ID bracelet just moments after her birth. They say they even have a videotape showing the baby's banding. Someone could have swapped the bands later, but right now no one is sure how the switch occurred. And according to at least one source, the university and the state police have few leads so far. "I don't see any particular heat behind the investigation right now," said a law-enforcement source whom the investigators consulted for advice last week. Among the mysteries those investigators should try to puzzle...