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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
(m.1998;div.2010)
Susanne Bergstrom-Null
(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 formerbloggerforYahoo! 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,CNNcalled Null an "expert in media, business and technology".[5]In 2013, Null founded Film Racket.[7]He is a founding member of theOnline Film Critics Society.[8]

Early life

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Null was born on September 7, 1971, in Houston, Texas. He obtained anMBAat theUniversity of Texas at Austin.[9]

Career

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Null has written for numerous publications, includingWired,[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,andThe Austin American-Statesman.He is also the author of two books:Five Stars[14]!(2005, Sutro Press), a manual for aspiring film critics, andHalf Mast(2002, Sutro Press), a novel.

Prior to writing for Yahoo!, he was the founding editor-in-chief ofMobile PCmagazine.[15]He also served as editor-in-chief ofNew Architect,[16]Executive Editor ofSmart Businessmagazine, and Managing Reviews Editor ofLAN Timesmagazine.

References

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  1. ^ab"Google, Why Won't You Let Me Forget My Divorce?".Wired.7 May 2015.Retrieved7 May2015.
  2. ^Evangelista, Benny (30 January 2007)."Pros and cons of Windows Vista".San Francisco Chronicle.Retrieved11 January2015.
  3. ^Phillips, Ashley (7 January 2007)."Will CES Bring the Next iPhone?".ABC News.Retrieved11 January2015.
  4. ^Goldsmith, Richard (22 April 2010)."Shots for Adults".Fox News.Retrieved11 January2015.
  5. ^abBotelho, Greg (16 May 2003)."Rehashed summer smashes".CNN.Retrieved11 January2015.
  6. ^Kravets, David (31 August 2007)."Hollywood's Next Anti-Piracy Crusade: Crappy Cell Phone Copies".Wired.Retrieved11 January2015.
  7. ^Null, Christopher (3 April 2013)."Hacking Media Production Podcast: How to Launch a Competitive Content Site"(Interview). Interviewed by David Spark.Retrieved11 January2015.
  8. ^"About the Staff".Film Racket.2013.Retrieved11 January2015.
  9. ^"The University of Texas at Austin".The University of Texas at Austin.Retrieved26 April2023.
  10. ^"Christopher Null, Author at WIRED".Wired.2014. Archived fromthe originalon 12 September 2014.Retrieved11 January2015.
  11. ^Johnson, Dave (31 January 2013)."How to respond to unhappy customers online".CBS News.Retrieved11 January2015.
  12. ^Working Woman (film),22 November 2022,retrieved26 April2023
  13. ^Robinson-Jacobs, Karen (27 April 1999)."Savvy PC Sellers Find Niches to Survive".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved11 January2015.
  14. ^Null, Christopher (2005).Five Stars!: How to Become a Film Critic, the World's Greatest Job.Sutro Press.ISBN978-0-9720981-1-3.
  15. ^Null, Christopher (20 February 2005)."Secret Tapes of President Bush Leaked To New York Times"(Interview). Interviewed byAndrea Koppel.CNN.Retrieved11 January2015.
  16. ^"Christopher Null: Executive Profile & Biography".Bloomberg Businessweek.2015. Archived fromthe originalon 15 January 2015.Retrieved11 January2015.
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