To those who look at American tabloid culture and say “good riddance,” I say, not so fast.

For almost 10 months, the story of John Edwards’s affair remained the nearly exclusive province of the National Enquirer.

The celebrity magazine editor Bonnie Fuller is resigning as executive vice president and chief editorial director of American Media, the publisher of the National Enquirer and Star magazines.

The celebrity magazine editor Bonnie Fuller is resigning as executive vice president and chief editorial director of American Media, the publisher of the National Enquirer and Star magazines.