Josh Quittner
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Josh Quittner is an American journalist.
Born in Manhattan
, Quittner grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania
. He is a graduate of Grinnell College
and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
. He is married to Michelle Slatalla
and has three daughters. The five books he has co-authored with his wife include the non-fiction Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace (Harper-Collins, 1995) and Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How it Challenged Microsoft.
Quittner spent the first twelve years of his career as a newspaper reporter. He was a crime reporter and a general assignment writer before he started to write about technology from the consumer side at Newsday
in 1992. Quittner then freelanced for Wired Magazine and was the original domain-name holder of mcdonalds.com, which he registered for an early Wired piece on domain-name squatting. Quittner also freelanced for the webzine HotWired
, which ran his manifesto of the "Info Revolution" titled "The Birth of Way New Journalism," a riff on New Journalism
that "became an instant cliché."
He joined Time Inc.
as a staff writer in 1995. During his initial seven years at Time Magazine he worked for Pathfinder
, Time Inc.'s first independent online presence, where he launched the Netly News, one of the web's first daily news publications. He then became the editor of Time
s spinoff technology supplement Time Digital, later called ON Magazine.
From April 2002 until September 2007 Quittner was the editor of Business 2.0
. Quittner briefly revived "Netly News" as the name of a Business 2.0 blog. He also owns the domain name roofmagazine.com, which currently features Roof, a sporadically updated real-estate blog.
After Business 2.0, he served briefly as an executive editor at Fortune Magazine, working out of its San Francisco bureau, before rejoining Time in April 2008 as an editor-at-large.
Born in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, Quittner grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...
. He is a graduate of Grinnell College
Grinnell College
Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. known for its strong tradition of social activism. It was founded in 1846, when a group of pioneer New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College....
and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is one of Columbia's graduate and professional schools. It offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism , Master of Arts in journalism and a Ph.D. in communications...
. He is married to Michelle Slatalla
Michelle Slatalla
Michelle Slatalla is a RealSimple featured columnist , and author of the books The Town on Beaver Creek. and Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace ....
and has three daughters. The five books he has co-authored with his wife include the non-fiction Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace (Harper-Collins, 1995) and Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How it Challenged Microsoft.
Quittner spent the first twelve years of his career as a newspaper reporter. He was a crime reporter and a general assignment writer before he started to write about technology from the consumer side at Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
in 1992. Quittner then freelanced for Wired Magazine and was the original domain-name holder of mcdonalds.com, which he registered for an early Wired piece on domain-name squatting. Quittner also freelanced for the webzine HotWired
HotWired
Hotwired was the first commercial web magazine, launched on October 27, 1994. Although it was part of Wired Ventures, Hotwired was a separate entity from Wired, the print magazine, and had original content....
, which ran his manifesto of the "Info Revolution" titled "The Birth of Way New Journalism," a riff on New Journalism
New Journalism
New Journalism was a style of 1960s and 1970s news writing and journalism which used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. The term was codified with its current meaning by Tom Wolfe in a 1973 collection of journalism articles he published as The New Journalism, which included...
that "became an instant cliché."
He joined Time Inc.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. is a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, the company formed by the 1990 merger of the original Time Inc. and Warner Communications. It publishes 130 magazines, most notably its namesake, Time...
as a staff writer in 1995. During his initial seven years at Time Magazine he worked for Pathfinder
Pathfinder.com
Pathfinder was one of the first Internet portals, initially created as Time Warner's entry onto the Internet. It was supposed to be an all-encompassing site that brought the best content from all of Time-Warner under one banner.The site opened in 1994...
, Time Inc.'s first independent online presence, where he launched the Netly News, one of the web's first daily news publications. He then became the editor of Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
s spinoff technology supplement Time Digital, later called ON Magazine.
From April 2002 until September 2007 Quittner was the editor of Business 2.0
Business 2.0
Business 2.0 was a monthly magazine publication founded by magazine entrepreneur Chris Anderson, Mark Gross, and journalist James Daly in order to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy"...
. Quittner briefly revived "Netly News" as the name of a Business 2.0 blog. He also owns the domain name roofmagazine.com, which currently features Roof, a sporadically updated real-estate blog.
After Business 2.0, he served briefly as an executive editor at Fortune Magazine, working out of its San Francisco bureau, before rejoining Time in April 2008 as an editor-at-large.