Mike Walker (columnist)
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Mike Walker is a gossip columnist
for The National Enquirer
, and hosted the magazine's 1999
-2001
MGM
-produced newsmagazine
, National Enquirer TV
. He is also the author of the 2005 book, Rather Dumb: A Top Tabloid Reporter Tells CBS How to Do News. Between April 11, 1996 and December 2010, Walker was a guest every week on The Howard Stern Show to play "The Gossip Game." He would read four gossip stories, and the Stern crew guesses which one is false.
Walker co-wrote with Faye Resnick the #1 New York Times
best-selling book about the O.J. Simpson murder trial
, Nicole Brown Simpson
: Private Diary of a Life Interrupted (1994) (which as of October 1995, had reportedly sold 550,000 copies). It debuted at #1 on the non-fiction side of the Times bestseller list on November 6, 1994.
Walker had a weekly radio show on KABC
, Los Angeles
, California
.
Walker grew up in Boston
and started working for the Enquirer in 1970.
It is also known that Mike Walker visited the Howard Stern Show, and was the cause of the infamous Mike Walker Fart, in witch Sal Governale and Richard Christie recorded him releasing gas during a radio appearance.
Gossip columnist
A gossip columnist is someone who writes a gossip column in a newspaper or magazine, especially a gossip magazine. Gossip columns are material written in a light, informal style, which relates the gossip columnist's opinions about the personal lives or conduct of celebrities from show business ,...
for The National Enquirer
The National Enquirer
The National Enquirer is an American supermarket tabloid now published by American Media Inc . Founded in 1926, the tabloid has gone through a variety of changes over the years....
, and hosted the magazine's 1999
1999 in television
The year 1999 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1999.For the American TV schedule, see: 1999-00 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:...
-2001
2001 in television
The year 2001 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2001.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:*Meet the Press .*Candid Camera .*CBS Evening News ....
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
-produced newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...
, National Enquirer TV
National Enquirer TV
National Enquirer TV was a 30 minute newsmagazine show starring National Enquirer magazine columnist Mike Walker. The show debuted on August 30, 1999 in many markets....
. He is also the author of the 2005 book, Rather Dumb: A Top Tabloid Reporter Tells CBS How to Do News. Between April 11, 1996 and December 2010, Walker was a guest every week on The Howard Stern Show to play "The Gossip Game." He would read four gossip stories, and the Stern crew guesses which one is false.
Walker co-wrote with Faye Resnick the #1 New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
best-selling book about the O.J. Simpson murder trial
O. J. Simpson murder case
The O. J. Simpson murder case was a criminal trial held in Los Angeles County, California Superior Court from January 29 to October 3, 1995. Former American football star and actor O. J...
, Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.- Relationship with O. J. Simpson :...
: Private Diary of a Life Interrupted (1994) (which as of October 1995, had reportedly sold 550,000 copies). It debuted at #1 on the non-fiction side of the Times bestseller list on November 6, 1994.
Walker had a weekly radio show on KABC
KABC (AM)
KABC is a Los Angeles radio station, and a West Coast flagship station for the Cumulus Media company. A pioneer of the talk radio format, the station went "all-talk" in 1960 and was one of the first stations to do so...
, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, 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...
.
Walker grew up in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and started working for the Enquirer in 1970.
It is also known that Mike Walker visited the Howard Stern Show, and was the cause of the infamous Mike Walker Fart, in witch Sal Governale and Richard Christie recorded him releasing gas during a radio appearance.