Bloomberg Businessweek announces new hires

Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel sent out the following announcement to the staff on Tuesday:

“It’s my pleasure to announce several new hires.

“Staff writer Felix Gillette joins us from the New York Observer, where he’s written more than 20 cover stories on media and business. Prior to his stint at the Observer, Felix worked at the Village Voice, Columbia Journalism Review and the Washington City Paper. He loves breaking news—so much so that he Tweeted his own hiring at Bloomberg Businessweek. Nice work Felix. Felix is a graduate of Columbia University.

“Associate features editor Bryant Urstadt has already made an appearance in Bloomberg Businessweek. His profile of Roger McNamee was a highlight of our May 7th issue. As a writer, Bryant has contributed to almost every magazine worth reading — Harper’s, The New Yorker, New York, Wired, and MIT’s Technology Review to name just a few. As an editor, he’s worked on launches at Wenner Media and Hachette, and was a general editor at Time Out New York. Working with Hugo Lindgren and Sheelah Kolhatkar we expect he’ll continue to do a bit of both. Bryant is a Dartmouth grad, and is currently pursuing an MBA at Baruch College.

“Associate editor Barrett Sheridan comes to Bloomberg Businessweek from Newsweek, where, even though his title was staff writer, he edited the Technology and InternationaList pages. After graduating Stanford, Barrett began his career at the World Bank, where he was plucked by Fareed Zakaria to be a research assistant before transitioning to Newseek’s web site and ultimately the magazine. Barrett will work with Ellen Pollock and Brian Bremner on the snake sections at the front of the book.

“Designers Evan Applebaum and Kenton Powell will work with Richard Turley and Cindy Hoffman as our in-house info-graphics team. After a stint as an intern at The Onion, Evan launched his career in the graphics department of the National Defense University Press, where he learned a lot about weapon systems, before moving to Infographics Inc., where he learned a lot about civil litigation. Kenton comes to us from Forbes Media, where he was a senior designer for infographics. In addition to experience as an Apple Store ‘Genius,’ Kenton has also worked at ID Magazine. Evan is a graduate of the University of California, Davis. Kenton is a graduate of the School of  Visual Arts.

“Bryant and Kenton will begin work on June 21. Felix, Evan, and Barrett will  start June 28. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming them all.”