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tina brown in 2012 2 children maidenhead , united kingdom 200px tina brown 21 november 1953 sir harold evans -lrb- 1981 -- -rrb- tina brown at ft spring party crop.jpg tina brown
 christina hambley brown journalist , author , magazine editor , columnist , talk-show host st anne 's college , oxford
tina brown

tina brown , lady evans , cbe -lrb- born christina hambley brown ; 21 november 1953 -rrb- , is a journalist , magazine editor , columnist , talk-show host and author of `` the diana chronicles '' , a biography of diana , princess of wales .
born a british citizen , she took united states citizenship in 2005 after emigrating in 1984 to edit `` vanity fair '' .
having been editor-in-chief of `` tatler '' magazine at only 25 years of age , she rose to prominence in the american media industry as the editor of `` vanity fair '' from 1984 to 1992 and of `` the new yorker '' from 1992 to 1998 .
in 2000 she was appointed a cbe -lrb- commander of the order of the british empire -rrb- for her services to overseas journalism , and in 2007 was inducted into the magazine editors ' hall of fame .
as an editor , she has also been honored with four george polk awards , five overseas press club awards , and ten national magazine awards .
in october 2008 , she partnered with barry diller , chairman of iac/interactivecorp , to found and edit `` the daily beast '' .
two years later , in november 2010 , `` the daily beast '' merged with the american weekly news magazine `` newsweek '' in a joint venture to form the newsweek daily beast company .
in september 2013 , brown announced she would be leaving her position as editor-in-chief of `` the daily beast '' to launch `` tina brown media '' and pen `` media beast '' , a memoir of her years in the media world , slated to be published in 2016 .
