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This week I succeed Jerome P. Kassirer as editor-in-chief of the Journal. Kassirer's highly successful tenure was cut short after eight years when the Massachusetts Medical Society, which owns and publishes the Journal, decided not to renew his contract. Most observers were baffled by the decision, since the Journal was obviously flourishing under Kassirer's superb leadership. In a joint announcement on July 25, Kassirer and Jack T. Evjy, president of the society, referred only to "honest differences of opinion between Dr. Kassirer and the Medical Society over administrative and publishing issues."

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