Hugo Lindgren is an American magazine and newspaper editor. He was the editor of ''

The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. The magazi ...

'' from 2010 to December 2013 and acting editor of ''

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...

'' in 2014.Hugo Lindgren to Join The Hollywood Reporter as Acting Editor
/ref> He runs the production company Page 1 Productions with the filmmaker Mark Boal. In 2009, he coined the

neologism In linguistics, a neologism (; also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language. Most definitively, a word can be considered ...

" pessimism porn" to describe the alleged eschatological and survivalist thrill some people derive from reading about and preparing for the collapse of civil society from a global economic crisis.Pessimism Porn? Economic Forecasts Get Lurid
Dan Harris, ABC News, April 9, 2009; accessed July 8, 2012Pessimism Porn: Titillatingly bleak media reports
Ben Schott, ''New York Times'', February 23, 2009; accessed July 8, 2012

Personal life

Lindgren lives in New York City with his wife, writer Sarah Bernard, and his twin daughters. Lindgren attended

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

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