Michael S. Malone
Encyclopedia
Michael Shawn Malone is an American
author
, columnist
, editor, investor, business-man, television producer, and has been the host
of several shows on PBS
. Currently (2009), Malone is a columnist for ABC News, an op-ed contributor for the Wall Street Journal, a contributing editor to Wired, and the editor-in-chief of Edgelings.com, a website focused on business and technology news in Silicon Valley
.
Malone is the author of numerous books and has written the "Silicon Insider" column for ABC
since 2000. In his professional writing
he usually uses the name Michael S. Malone, to distinguish his work from that of another U.S. author named Michael Malone
, primarily a writer
of fiction
.
in Bavaria
, Germany
. His father was a dyslexic U.S. Air Force officer
who later worked as a freelance writer. Malone also has a deep family history of reporting, with his great-grandfather and his grandmother working in the field. After living in Munich
for a time, he grew up in Sunnyvale
, California
. He graduated from Santa Clara University
in 1975, and received his MBA from SCU in 1977.
and became one of the nation's first daily high-tech reporters.
For his work breaking stories on toxic waste, drugs, sweatshops, and espionage, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize twice, but he quickly left the Mercury News in 1981 and became a freelancer. Malone's work appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Mercury News, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes ASAP, Upside Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times, and others under various roles between 1981 and 2001.
He has also written for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, is a former editor of Forbes
ASAP, and has contributed to Upside
and Fast Company
magazines. He was also the host of Malone, an interview series on KTEH
, the PBS station in San Jose, California
. In 2000 he became the "Silicon Insider" columnist of ABC News
' website.
Malone is the author of 15 books, covering the world of business and technology, including Infinite Loop: How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insane
(ISBN 0-385-48684-7), The Big Score, The Virtual Corporation and Intellectual Capital, Going Public, Virtual Selling, and One Digital Day'. "Going Public" featured Joseph DiNucci.
's firing, declaring the decline of Microsoft
, predicting the death of newspapers, naming Matt Drudge
the most influential journalist in America and" (alleging liberal) "media bias
in the recent" (2008) "presidential election."
In 2004, he was named a Distinguished Friend of Oxford University.
Malone produced the four episode/four hour PBS miniseries The New Heroes (2005), with colleague Bob Grove and executive producer David Davis
. He also authored liner notes for the accompanying soundtrack CD.
Hosted by Robert Redford
, "The New Heroes" was about social entrepreneurship
. The series, which aired in primetime, was nominated for an Emmy (27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards) in the category of "Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography", but did not win.
–band
The Zombies
. He also has written about his support of contemporary bands
such as Wilco
, The Shins
, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists
, Dashboard Confessional
, Bright Eyes, White Stripes, and Lupe Fiasco
, calling them "as good—and often better—as the music of... Rock's so-called golden age."
His eldest son is also a professional reporter.
area on a 56-mile trek on horseback from Fort Reno, Oklahoma to Enid, Oklahoma
. Malone said that he wanted to find another unique experience, after having previously taken Scouts in his troop on a 192-mile hike across England.
:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
, editor, investor, business-man, television producer, and has been the host
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
of several shows on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
. Currently (2009), Malone is a columnist for ABC News, an op-ed contributor for the Wall Street Journal, a contributing editor to Wired, and the editor-in-chief of Edgelings.com, a website focused on business and technology news in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
.
Malone is the author of numerous books and has written the "Silicon Insider" column for ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
since 2000. In his professional writing
Professional writing
Professional writing involves the use of clear language to convey information in a way that is easily understood by the intended audience. Individuals who can use language well may be employed as full-time professional writers in a variety of communications-related occupations, such as journalist,...
he usually uses the name Michael S. Malone, to distinguish his work from that of another U.S. author named Michael Malone
Michael Malone
Michael Malone is an Emmy Award-winning American author and television writer, born in Durham, North Carolina. He is best known for his work on the ABC Daytime drama One Life to Live, as well as for his best-selling works of fiction Handling Sin , Foolscap , and murder mystery First Lady...
, primarily a writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
of fiction
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
.
Early life and education
Malone was born in the town of FürstenfeldbruckFürstenfeldbruck
Fürstenfeldbruck is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base....
in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. His father was a dyslexic U.S. Air Force officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
who later worked as a freelance writer. Malone also has a deep family history of reporting, with his great-grandfather and his grandmother working in the field. After living in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
for a time, he grew up in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He graduated from Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
in 1975, and received his MBA from SCU in 1977.
Professional career
Malone worked in public relations for Hewlett-Packard Co. before joining the San Jose Mercury-News in 1979. In 1980, he joined the San Jose Mercury NewsSan Jose Mercury News
The San Jose Mercury News is a daily newspaper in San Jose, California. On its web site, however, it calls itself Silicon Valley Mercury News. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
and became one of the nation's first daily high-tech reporters.
For his work breaking stories on toxic waste, drugs, sweatshops, and espionage, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize twice, but he quickly left the Mercury News in 1981 and became a freelancer. Malone's work appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Mercury News, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes ASAP, Upside Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times, and others under various roles between 1981 and 2001.
He has also written for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, is a former editor of Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
ASAP, and has contributed to Upside
Upside (magazine)
Upside was a San Francisco-based business and technology magazine for venture capitalists. It was published from 1989 to 2002. It had a circulation above 300,000.-Beginnings:Upside was started by banker Anthony B...
and Fast Company
Fast Company (magazine)
Fast Company is a full-color business magazine that releases 10 issues per year and reports on topics including innovation, digital media, technology, change management, leadership, design, and social responsibility...
magazines. He was also the host of Malone, an interview series on KTEH
KTEH
KQEH is a public television station in San Jose, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area as a PBS member station on channel 54. The station is owned by Northern California Public Broadcasting with sister-stations KQED in San Francisco and KQET in Watsonville, the latter mirroring KQED.Until...
, the PBS station in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
. In 2000 he became the "Silicon Insider" columnist of ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
' website.
Malone is the author of 15 books, covering the world of business and technology, including Infinite Loop: How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insane
Infinite Loop (book)
Infinite Loop is a non-fiction book on the history of Apple Inc., written by Michael S. Malone and published by Doubleday Business in 1999. The book is named after Infinite Loop , where the company has its headquarters, which are located in the middle of Silicon Valley, at 1 Infinite Loop,...
(ISBN 0-385-48684-7), The Big Score, The Virtual Corporation and Intellectual Capital, Going Public, Virtual Selling, and One Digital Day'. "Going Public" featured Joseph DiNucci.
Notable works and honours
Of his work for ABC, Malone has written that "Over the near-decade I've had this job, I've probably written five columns that drew major national attention: calling for Dan RatherDan Rather
Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9,...
's firing, declaring the decline of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, predicting the death of newspapers, naming Matt Drudge
Matt Drudge
Matthew Nathan Drudge is the American creator and editor of the Drudge Report, a news aggregation website. Drudge is self-described as being conservative and populist. Drudge has also authored a book and hosted a radio show and a television show.-Early years:Matthew Drudge was raised in Takoma...
the most influential journalist in America and" (alleging liberal) "media bias
Media bias
Media bias refers to the bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the...
in the recent" (2008) "presidential election."
In 2004, he was named a Distinguished Friend of Oxford University.
Malone produced the four episode/four hour PBS miniseries The New Heroes (2005), with colleague Bob Grove and executive producer David Davis
David Davis
David Davis may refer to:*David Davis , Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council*David Davis , British Conservative Member of Parliament, Conservative leadership candidate in 2001 and 2005*David Davis , head of the BBC's Children's Hour*David Davis ,...
. He also authored liner notes for the accompanying soundtrack CD.
Hosted by Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...
, "The New Heroes" was about social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
. The series, which aired in primetime, was nominated for an Emmy (27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards) in the category of "Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography", but did not win.
Private life
Malone is a hard-core fan of baroque popBaroque pop
Baroque pop, Baroque rock, or English baroque, often used interchangeably with chamber pop/rock, is a pop and rock music subgenre which originated in the mid-1960s in the United Kingdom and United States...
–band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
The Zombies
The Zombies
The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent, on piano and keyboards, and vocalist Colin Blunstone. The group scored a UK and US hit in 1964 with "She's Not There"...
. He also has written about his support of contemporary bands
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
such as Wilco
Wilco
Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...
, The Shins
The Shins
The Shins are an American indie rock band comprising singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Mercer, guitarist/bassist Dave Hernandez, Eric Johnson of Fruit Bats, drummer Joe Plummer and bassist Ron Lewis. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative rock, indie rock,...
, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists
The Decemberists
The Decemberists are an indie folk rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The other members of the band are Chris Funk , Jenny Conlee , Nate Query , and John Moen .The band's...
, Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....
, Bright Eyes, White Stripes, and Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...
, calling them "as good—and often better—as the music of... Rock's so-called golden age."
His eldest son is also a professional reporter.
Scouting
In August 2008, Malone led a group of twenty Boy Scouts and troop leaders from the San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
area on a 56-mile trek on horseback from Fort Reno, Oklahoma to Enid, Oklahoma
Enid, Oklahoma
Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. In 2010, the population was 49,379, making it the ninth largest city in Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a...
. Malone said that he wanted to find another unique experience, after having previously taken Scouts in his troop on a 192-mile hike across England.
Quotes
Malone's stated philosophy on journalismJournalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
:
Publications
- No Size Fits All: From Mass Marketing to Mass Handselling, with Tom HayesTom Hayes (author)Tom Hayes is an American marketing executive. His best-selling books on digital business and culture include, Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business and No Size Fits All: From Mass Marketing to Mass Handselling . He is a frequent contributor to the 1Wall Street Journal and the...
, Penguin/Portfolio Hardcover, 2009, ISBN 978-1591842675 - The Future Arrived Yesterday: The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You, Crown Business, 2009, ISBN 978-0307406903
- Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company, Portfolio Hardcover, 2007, ISBN 978-1591841524
- The Valley of Heart's Delight: A Silicon Valley Notebook, 1963–2001, Wiley, 2002, ISBN 978-0471201915
- The Last Noel: A Novel, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2002, ISBN 1402200129
- Betting It All: The Entrepreneurs of Technology, Wiley, 2001, ISBN 978-0471201908
- Big Issues: The Examined Life in a Digital Age, Wiley, 2001, ISBN 0471414913
- Infinite Loop: How the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company Went Insane, Aurum Press Ltd., 2000, ISBN 978-1854106933
- Intellectual Capital: Realizing Your Company's True Value by Finding Its Hidden Brainpower, by Leif Edvinsson and Michael S. Malone, Harpercollins, 1997, ISBN 978-0887308413
- Virtual Selling: Going Beyond the Automated Sales Force to Achieve Total Sales Quality, by Michael S. Malone and Thomas M. Siebel, Free Press, 1996, ISBN 0684822873
- The Microprocessor: A Biography, Springer, 1995, ISBN 978-0387943428
- The Virtual Corporation: Structuring and Revitalizing the Corporation for the 21st Century, by William H. Davidow and Michael S. Malone, Harpercollins, 1992, ISBN 978-0887305931
- Going Public: MIPS Computer and the Entrepreneurial Dream, Harper Perennial, 1992, ISBN 978-0060981068
- The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley, Doubleday, 1985, ISBN 978-0385183512