Christopher Null

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Christopher Null
Born (1971-09-07) September 7, 1971 (age 53)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Education University of Texas at Austin (MBA)
Occupation(s)Film critic, writer
Spouses
Ashley Carder Null
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(m. 1998;div. 2010)​
Susanne Bergstrom-Null
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(m. 2012)​
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Children2 (with Carder) [1]

Christopher Null (born September 7, 1971) is an American writer, film critic, and columnist. A former blogger for Yahoo! Tech, [2] [3] he was the editor of Drinkhacker.com, [4] and the founder [5] and editor-in-chief of Filmcritic.com, [6] which operated from 1995 to 2012. In 2003, CNN called Null an "expert in media, business and technology". [5] In 2013, Null founded Film Racket. [7] He is a founding member of the Online Film Critics Society. [8]

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Early life

Null was born on September 7, 1971, in Houston, Texas. He obtained an MBA at the University of Texas at Austin. [9]

Career

Null has written for numerous publications, including Wired , [10] Business 2.0 , PC World , [11] Men's Journal , San Francisco Magazine , Yahoo! Internet Life , Working Woman, [12] PC/Computing , [13] San Jose Magazine, The Austin Chronicle , and The Austin American-Statesman . He is also the author of two books: Five Stars [14] ! (2005, Sutro Press), a manual for aspiring film critics, and Half Mast (2002, Sutro Press), a novel.

Prior to writing for Yahoo!, he was the founding editor-in-chief of Mobile PC magazine. [15] He also served as editor-in-chief of New Architect, [16] Executive Editor of Smart Business magazine, and Managing Reviews Editor of LAN Times magazine.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Google, Why Won't You Let Me Forget My Divorce?". Wired. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Evangelista, Benny (30 January 2007). "Pros and cons of Windows Vista". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Ashley (7 January 2007). "Will CES Bring the Next iPhone?". ABC News . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Goldsmith, Richard (22 April 2010). "Shots for Adults". Fox News. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. 1 2 Botelho, Greg (16 May 2003). "Rehashed summer smashes". CNN . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Kravets, David (31 August 2007). "Hollywood's Next Anti-Piracy Crusade: Crappy Cell Phone Copies". Wired . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Null, Christopher (3 April 2013). "Hacking Media Production Podcast: How to Launch a Competitive Content Site" (Interview). Interviewed by David Spark. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "About the Staff". Film Racket. 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "The University of Texas at Austin". The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Christopher Null, Author at WIRED". Wired . 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Dave (31 January 2013). "How to respond to unhappy customers online". CBS News . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Working Woman (film), 22 November 2022, retrieved 26 April 2023
  13. ↑ Robinson-Jacobs, Karen (27 April 1999). "Savvy PC Sellers Find Niches to Survive". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Null, Christopher (2005). Five Stars!: How to Become a Film Critic, the World's Greatest Job. Sutro Press. ISBN   978-0-9720981-1-3.
  15. ↑ Null, Christopher (20 February 2005). "Secret Tapes of President Bush Leaked To New York Times" (Interview). Interviewed by Andrea Koppel. CNN . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Christopher Null: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek . 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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