editorial

5 definitions • 10 examples

relating to the editor (= the person in charge) or editors of a newspaper, magazine, television programme, etc. and to the power to decide what is published or shown in it:

editorial independence The newspaper's staff insisted on complete editorial independence from its owners.

editorial decision Editorial decisions on the show are made by senior news editors.

relating to someone who writes, corrects, or changes pieces of text to be published, or their work:

editorial content There are more ads on the page than editorial content.

editorial staff They increased the budget so they could hire more editorial staff.

Many jobs in publishing are marketing jobs rather than editorial.

an article in a newspaper that expresses the editor's (= the person in charge of the newspaper's) opinion on a subject of particular interest at the present time:

All the papers deal with the same subject in their editorials.

The Times and The Observer published editorials criticizing the minister.

a statement in a newspaper or magazine, or on radio or television, that expresses the opinion of the editors or owners on a subject of particular interest:

an editorial on the new tax proposal

relating to editors or editing:

an editorial staff

He insisted that it was an editorial decision to cut the story.