Editing Alan Coren (section)

===Magazine editorships===
In 1966, he became ''Punch''{{'}}s literary editor, becoming deputy editor in 1969 and editor in 1977. He remained as editor until 1987 when the circulation began to decline.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/comment/0,,2195300,00.html |title=Obituary – Alan Coren |first=Stanley |last=Reynolds |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 October 2007}}</ref>

During the week in which he took over the editorship, ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' published a profile of him. His response was to rush around the office, waving a copy of the relevant edition, saying: "This is ridiculous – I haven't been Jewish for years!"<ref name="Indie">{{cite news |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article3078970.ece |title=Obituary – Alan Coren |first=Miles |last=Kington |work=The Independent |date=20 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021012529/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article3078970.ece |archive-date=21 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

When Coren left ''Punch'' in 1987, he became editor of ''[[The Listener (magazine)|The Listener]]'', continuing in that role until 1989.<ref name="Tele Obit"/>