Categories: OLD Media Moves

Bloomberg’s Tyrangiel joins Vice

Former Bloomberg LP editor Josh Tyrangiel is joining the edgy Vice Media to head its upcoming daily news show on HBO, reports Claire Atkinson of the New York Post.

Atkinson writes, “Tyrangiel, 43, who oversaw Charlie Rose’s newscast for Bloomberg TV, will look to create a news broadcast that will appeal to the more sophisticated HBO viewer — someone who is already pretty well informed, he told The Post.

“Tyrangiel, who will hold the title of executive vice president content, news, said getting big-name interviews will be one of his priorities.

“‘I have a lot of confidence in getting significant actors on the global stage,’ he said in his first interview since agreeing to join Shane Smith’s hard-charging outfit.

“Asked what viewers should expect as far as the show’s focus, the executive said, ‘I love business, politics, science, even entertainment news. What I really like are complicated stories, versus hitting people over the head with a hammer.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.