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Christopher Null
Born (1971-09-07) September 7, 1971 (age 52)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
EducationUniversity 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]

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.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  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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