New York Times media columnist Carr dead at 58
NEW YORK – Media columnist David Carr, who wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times, died Thursday in his office. He was 58.
Carr’s column focused on issues of media in relation to business, culture and government, said the Times, which confirmed his death but didn’t release details of it.
Carr joined the Times in 2002 as a business reporter, covering magazine publishing. His Media Equation column appeared in the Monday business section.
Before joining the Times, Carr was a contributing writer for The Atlantic Monthly and New York magazine. He also was a media writer for news website Inside.com.
Carr served as editor of the Washington City Paper, an alternative weekly in Washington, D.C. He also was editor of a Minneapolis-based alternative weekly called Twin Cities Reader.
Carr also wrote “The Night of the Gun,” a 2008 memoir about addiction and recovery.
He lived in Montclair, N.J., with his wife and their daughter. He had two other children.