Tyrangiel is smart pick

Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman likes the selection of Josh Tyrangiel as the new editor of BusinessWeek magazine.

Friedman writes, “Tyrangiel, deputy managing editor of Time magazine and managing editor of Time.com, brings a strong skill set to the task, particularly because he knows his way around the Internet. Stephen Adler, BusinessWeek’s top editor, recently said he would be leaving the magazine, paving the way for a new voice.

“Increasingly, many of the coveted leadership positions in the media industry are going to journalists who have excelled on the Web by breaking news and telling stories across multimedia platforms.

“Tyrangiel inherits a tough job, though. Bloomberg is taking over BusinessWeek at a time when weekly news magazines are having a difficult time staying out of the red. Plus, BusinessWeek has been viewed as a dinosaur in the digital age.”

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