Barry Golson

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Barry Golson
OccupationAuthor, editor
LanguageEnglish
Nationality American
Alma mater Yale University [1]
(Class of 1967)
Genre Lifestyle, Popular culture, Travel writing
Notable works Playboy , Yahoo! Internet Life

Barry Golson is an American editor and author. He was executive editor of Playboy magazine for twelve years, and of TV Guide for five years.

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Golson was executive editor of Playboy magazine from 1977 to 1989. [2] During that time he edited The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono [3] and The Playboy Interview, [4] both originally published in 1981, [5] as well as The Playboy Interview Volume II, published in 1983, featuring interviews from the magazine's first two decades. [6] [7]

Golson also served as editor-in-chief for World Press Review , [8] executive editor for TV Guide , [9] editor-in-chief of TV Guide Online (an electronic version of the magazine's television listings), [2] and editor-in-chief of Yahoo! Internet Life . [10] He has written for publications including The New York Times , [11] Los Angeles Times [12] and Salon . [13]

In 2006, he authored Gringos in Paradise [14] and, two years later, Retirement Without Borders, [15] both detailing his life as an expatriate. [16] [17]

In 2020, Golson began writing editorial columns for the Tampa Bay Times, covering such topics as politics, culture, love, family and survival in the age of COVID-19. [18]

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  2. 1 2 Deirdre Carmody, "TV Guide Taps Editor to Lead On-Line Unit," The New York Times, June 28, 1995.
  3. ↑ Sheff, David; Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko; Golson, G. Barry (1983). The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Berkley Books. ISBN   0425059898. OCLC   474949545.
  4. ↑ Golson, G. Barry (1981). The Playboy interview. Wideview Books. ISBN   0872236447. OCLC   804320637.
  5. ↑ Sheff, David; Golson, G. Barry (2001). Last interview: all we are saying - John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Pan. ISBN   0330482580. OCLC   47677069.
  6. ↑ Ulin, David L. (6 September 2012). "Revisiting classic Playboy interviews with e-books". Los Angeles Times .
  7. ↑ Lavin, Cheryl (14 August 1983). "Q&A". Chicago Tribune .
  8. ↑ Werts, Diane (14 Apr 1993). "Pages of 'TV Guide' contain the history and heart of television" . The Arizona Republic . p. E4.
  9. ↑ William Grimes, "Behind The No. 2 Feature In Playboy," The New York Times, September 23, 1992.
  10. ↑ Carol Krol, "'Yahoo! Internet Life' Finds Real Success In Virtual World," Advertising Age , March 8, 1999.
  11. ↑ Barry Golson, "The Techno-Terror of 1897," The New York Times, April 8, 1997.
  12. ↑ Barry Golson, "Clinton and Carter, A Tale of Hope and Lust," Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1992.
  13. ↑ Salon , June 22, 1997.
  14. ↑ Golson, Barry (2008). Gringos in paradise: an American couple builds their retirement dream house in a seaside village in Mexico. Scribner. ISBN   978-0743276368. OCLC   276998058.
  15. ↑ Golson, Barry; Golson, Thia (2008). Retirement Without Borders (1st ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN   978-0743297011. OCLC   781912346.
  16. ↑ "The Best In..." . The Wall Street Journal . 18 April 2009.
  17. ↑ "Guide to Essential Books on Expat Life: From How-Tos and Memoirs to Fiction". The Wall Street Journal . 21 May 2015.
  18. ↑ Barry Golson in the ‘’Tampa Bay Times’’
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