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Christopher Null

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Christopher Null
Born (1971-09-07) September 7, 1971 (age 53)
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

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

Career

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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.

In 2015, Null authored an article for Wired discussing the distinctive nature of his last name, which gained significant attention online.[17] The article's popularity led to its feature as the focus of a Radiolab episode, as well as segments on Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me! and the British quiz show QI.[18] Null continues to respond to media inquiries regarding the "Null" phenomenon highlighted in his article.[19]

Selected bibliography

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  • Null, Christopher (2002). Half mast (1st ed.). San Francisco: Sutro Press. ISBN 978-0-9720981-0-6.
  • Parnell, Tere'; Null, Christopher (1999). Network administrator's reference. Network professional's library. Berkeley, Calif.: Osborne/McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-882588-0.
  • Null, Christopher (2025). The Cul-de-sac. Tule Publishing. p. 331.
  • Null, Christopher (2013). Five Stars! How to Become a Film Critic, the World's Greatest Job. p. 258. ISBN 9780972098113.

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. 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. 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.
  17. ^ "These unlucky people have names that break computers". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  18. ^ Farrier •, John (5 November 2015). "The Last Name of "Null" Gives This Man Problems with Computers". Neatorama. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  19. ^ Randolph (18 January 2017). "My surname is NULL". Born SQL. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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