# Hugo Lindgren

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**Hugo Lindgren** is an American magazine and newspaper editor. He was the editor of *[The New York Times Magazine](/source/The_New_York_Times_Magazine)* from 2010 to December 2013[1] and acting editor of *[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)* in 2014.[2] He runs the production company Page 1 Productions with the filmmaker [Mark Boal](/source/Mark_Boal).

In 2009, he coined the [neologism](/source/Neologism) "[pessimism porn](/source/Pessimism_porn)" to describe the alleged [eschatological](/source/Eschatological) and [survivalist](/source/Survivalist) thrill some people derive from reading about and preparing for the collapse of civil society from a global economic crisis.[3][4]

## Personal life

Lindgren lives in New York City with his wife, writer Sarah Bernard, and his twin daughters. Lindgren attended [Duke University](/source/Duke_University).[2]

## References

1. Peters, Jeremy (2010-09-30). ["Hugo Lindgren Named Editor of The Times Magazine"](http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/hugo-lindgren-named-editor-of-the-times-magazine/?pagemode=print). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

1. [Hugo Lindgren to Join The Hollywood Reporter as Acting Editor](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hugo-lindgren-join-hollywood-reporter-669875)

1. [Pessimism Porn? Economic Forecasts Get Lurid](https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7299825&page=1), Dan Harris, ABC News, April 9, 2009; accessed July 8, 2012

1. [Pessimism Porn: Titillatingly bleak media reports](http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/pessimism-porn/), Ben Schott, *New York Times*, February 23, 2009; accessed July 8, 2012

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