Part 1 of 4 Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience that includes alumni from National Lampoon: The Funny Years and Spy: The Funny Years… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I always knew of Tony Hendra’s magazine work, being of the generation who were teens... Continue Reading →
Tiger Woods biographer Robert Lusetich describes him as Unplayable! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Put yourself in the shoes of journalist Robert Lusetich for a moment. You’ve been a Los Angeles-based foreign correspondent for Rupert Murdoch’s flagship newspaper, The Australian, for more than a decade when the plummeting print business claims you as its latest victim. ROBERT LUSETICH podcast excerpt: "Tiger Woods is a guy I first met... Continue Reading →
John Darnton leaves NYT, turns Black, White, Dead All Over! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Darnton, ex-New York Times reporter, novelist, Black and White and Dead All Over The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the... Continue Reading →
Don’t fight! It’s Jeff Kreisler’s My Wall Street Journal now! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Jeff Kreisler, comedian, author, Get Rich Cheating Joining me today is one of the executive editors of My Wall Street Journal - which he will insist is a parody, but seems true enough to me. Jeff Kreisler’s name may not be familiar to you, but if you’re a fan of comedy, you’ve... Continue Reading →
Stephen Chao knows how to WonderHowTo.com! VIDEO INTERVIEW
If you think Fox TV is edgy and kooky now, you should’ve seen it back in the early ‘90s when Stephen Chao was a programmer and eventually its President. He commissioned “COPS,” created “America’s Most Wanted,” and earned a reputation for creating commercial success by pushing boundaries and questioning the conventional wisdom. Chao... Continue Reading →
45 Pete Hamill edits NY Daily News, revisits A Drinking Life! INTERVIEW
Originally Published December 30, 1996 Look up the word "journalist" in any dictionary in New York City and you'll probably see Pete Hamill's mug staring back at you. The legendary newsman, a veteran of all three of the city's tabloids, returned to the New York Daily News on January 1 for what he's calling the... Continue Reading →