Warren writes, “Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the financial news goliath, had spent many millions of dollars to revive Businessweek. He did so amid a disastrous downturn in the print advertising market that’s humbled most magazines.
“After purchasing it, those running the company while Bloomberg was New York City mayor hired Josh Tyrangiel, a journalist and savvy multi-media practioner from Time Inc. Editorially, he revived the magazine (and not because he had me writing columns on policy for a brief period).
“Editorially, it was a ‘hot book,’ in the industry parlance, due to Tryangiel’s imagination, nerve and the impressive journalism talent assembled at Bloomberg upon which he could rely. His work was so self-evidently impressive, it brought him a promotion to chief content officer as he still ran the magazine.
“But the magazine was also tonally at a distinct distance from the rest of the hugely successful Bloomberg empire. It was opinionated and edgy. I can attest, even in writing a weekly column, Tyrangiel was a responsibly provocative editor. Pollock continued in that impressive mold, but it was also one at odds with much of the drier, just-the-facts portfolio of Bloomberg.”
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