David M. Granger

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David M. Granger is an American journalist. He was editor-in-chief of Esquire Magazine from June 1997 until March 2016. Granger is a literary agent and media consultant working with Aevitas Creative Management. [1]

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Education

Granger has a Master of Arts in English from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in English and History from the University of Tennessee. Granger also attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course.

Early career

After moving to New York City in 1982, Granger's first foray into the magazine world was at Muppet Magazine as an editorial assistant. Granger also held positions at Family Weekly Magazine, Sport Magazine , Sports Inc. Magazine, Adweek, Mediaweek, as well as The National Sports Daily. [2] Before becoming editor-in-chief at Esquire, Granger was the executive editor at GQ under editor-in-chief, Art Cooper, for nearly six years.

Esquire

David Granger was named editor-in-chief of Esquire Magazine in June 1997 and served in that capacity until March 31, 2016, when he was replaced by (now former Esquire editor-in-chief) Jay Fielden. [3] Granger got the job a year after writing to Cathie Black, then president of Hearst Magazines, with a plan to revive the flailing men's periodical. [4] Under Granger, the magazine entered its most successful era. During his tenure, Esquire was a finalist for 72 National Magazine Awards, the industry's highest honors, and won 17. Many of the journalists Granger had established relationships with during his time at GQ followed him to Esquire and he was able to quickly build a troupe of award-winning, gritty staff writers that included Tom Chiarella, Scott Raab, Mike Sager, Chris Jones, Charlie Pierce, John H. Richardson, Cal Fussman, Lisa Taddeo, and Tom Junod.

Expanding the Limits of the Print Medium

Granger's Esquire career was punctuated by heights of innovation atypical to the print media industry. In the fall of 2008, Esquire created the first “moving cover” of a print magazine by embedding an electronic paper (E-Ink) display in the cover of its 75th anniversary issue. [5] In December 2009, Esquire created the first ever Augmented Reality issue of a magazine. [6] Esquire’s applications for the iPad were deemed groundbreaking and the magazine won the first-ever National Magazine Award for mobile editions in 2011. [7] In December of 2012, Esquire partnered with Netpage to launch a proprietary phone application that allowed readers to share print content via e-mail or text and across all social networks. [8]

In 2013, Esquire and NBCUniversal partnered to create the Esquire Network, a cable channel that was at its height in 70 million homes. [9]

In 2015, in conjunction with the magazine’s 1000th issue, Esquire Classic (classic.esquire.com) was launched as a complete and living digital archive. To promote the archive a companion podcast series, “Esquire Classic", was created in partnership with PRX. [10]     

Other multi-disciplinary partnerships

  • In the December 2006 issue, Esquire partnered with Droga5, the advertising agency, to create The Tap Project, a charitable initiative designed to benefit UNICEF’s clean-water charities. The initiative eventually became the umbrella for the bulk of UNICEF’s fundraising. [11]
  • In 2014, the magazine partnered with three different advertising agencies (72 and Sunny, Makeable and Barton F. Graf 9000), to create The Esquire Mentoring Initiative (mentoring.esquire.com). [12]
  • Also in 2014, Esquire partnered with Jefferson’s Reserve Bourbon to create The Esquire Manhattan, a premade, barrel-aged cocktail available in better bars and liquor stores. [13]

Awards

Esquire was honored with numerous awards over Granger’s tenure.

Granger has also received personal recognition for his magazine career:

After news of his firing from Esquire leaked, he received a standing ovation at the National Magazine Awards in 2016 as he walked up to the stage to receive the magazine's award. [14]

Granger was set to receive the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame Award on March 12, 2020 at the National Magazine Awards but the ceremony had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]

Agenting career

Granger is currently working as a literary agent and media consultant working with Aevitas Creative Management in New York City. [16]

Current clients include:

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