Tyrangiel was tireless, played instrumental role in growing Bloomberg audience

Here is the note that Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out about the departure of Bloomberg Businessweek editor in chief Josh Tyrangiel:

As many of you will just have heard, sadly Josh Tyrangiel is leaving Bloomberg.

Whenever you arrive in a new job, you look for talent, ideas and kindred spirits. Promoting Josh to join Reto and me at the top of Editorial & Research in my first week was one of the best decisions I ever made — or at least, as Reto would describe it, one of the least bad ones. I think everyone knows what a creative editor Josh is — and you only have to look at any edition of Businessweek to understand that. What many people miss is how tirelessly Josh works, the phone calls, the attention to detail, the acts of kindness to those who work alongside him and the willingness to take on hard jobs, like helping reorganize Washington.

Right from the beginning, Josh told me that he was a restless soul and that at some time in the next year or so he would move on. I am sad that it will be tomorrow, but we should all be extremely grateful for all that he has done for Bloomberg, across all our platforms. One part of that achievement is the expert team that he is leaving behind him. Ellen Pollock, who has worked with him so closely at Businessweek, will become its editor – and for the moment Reto will take over Josh’s overseeing duties for magazines, long-form editing and the investigative unit.

John

Here is the note that Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith sent out about Tyrangiel’s resignation:

Dear Colleagues,

It’s bittersweet to share with you today that Josh Tyrangiel has decided to move on after six years at Bloomberg.

Starting with the transformation of Businessweek, Josh has been a creative force as we built Bloomberg Media’s many new offerings over the last several years. He played an instrumental role in initiatives that have produced audience growth across every platform, while helping make Bloomberg a buzzed about media organization.

For example, our two new websites, launched just this year–Bloomberg Business and Bloomberg Politics–are continuing to grow in popularity. Bloomberg Business has overtaken WSJ.com in traffic and has become a global leader in digital video among business and financial media. Bloomberg Politics is now one of the top 10 political sites with nearly five million unique visitors in August. Bloomberg TV has launched several new programs, including the political show “With all Due Respect”, and the market-close show “What’d You Miss?”, which is about to expand to an hour. On Monday, we will launch our three hour global show, Bloomberg <Go>. Josh had a hand in all of this. But he is leaving behind a great team — one with the ideas, skill and talent who will continue to build on the momentum that Josh helped develop over the last six years.

To say we’ll miss him is an understatement.

Justin