John Koblin of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday about the young men who have taken over running many of the country’s magazines, including Bloomberg Businessweek, where Josh Tyrangiel became editor about 18 months ago.
Koblin writes, “‘What I’m surprised at is that the persona that Josh had as a rock critic or a music critic is pretty much the same persona he has as the editor of Bloomberg BusinessWeek,’ said Kelly, who consulted on bringing Tyrangiel from Time to Bloomberg. ‘Certainly you would not think that type would have the ambition to run any kind of magazine, let alone Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
“‘He’s a pretty smooth operator,’ said Kelly of Tyrangiel.
“‘He’s both a bro and dude,’ Tyrangiel said, describing Lindgren, who worked for him at BusinessWeek before setting off for the Times. ‘I don’t think there’s any doubt there. He’s got that sort of relaxed, ‘I’ve been doing this a while and I know how to navigate this’ demeanor. There are people who get very, very tense around deadlines, which are endless. And then there are people who are like, ‘Hey, let’s sort this out so I can get to the gym and get back.’ He’s much more in that realm of I’m going to get a little coffee, I’m going to go to the gym, and then I’ll come back and it’ll all be fine. Then you put in the late hours and it will all be fun. There’s something to be said of people who crank their stereos up with terrible Swedish indie music and make everyone else pretend it’s really good.'”
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