Molly Wood
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| Molly Wood | |
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 23, 1975 Bismarck, North Dakota |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Justin Eckhouse |
| Internet activity | |
| Subjects | Podcast Host |
| Notable work(s) | Buzz Out Loud The Buzz Report CNET Mailbag |
| Official site | http://themolly.com/blog/ |
Molly Kristin Wood[1] (born May 23, 1975) is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosts the Buzz Out Loud podcast with Tom Merritt as well as the "Gadgettes"[2] podcast with Kelly Morrison. Wood also hosts "The Buzz Report", a quirky technology video news column that is published weekly; "CNET Mailbag", a viewers' mail show and "Today in Technology History". She has appeared in mainstream media shows such as Regis and Kelly and CNBC's On the Money.
Wood hails from Bismarck, North Dakota. She has a BA in journalism with a major in French from the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. During her senior year (June 1996 - May 1997) she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the The Montana Kaimin, the daily student newspaper of the University of Montana. Upon graduation, she took a job as a reporter at The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana's daily newspaper. In July 1997, she joined the Associated Press, handling a variety of both general news and sports stories in the western US.
She is married to a Justin Eckhouse [1] and currently lives in the Oakland Hills area [3]. In December 2006, Molly announced during a podcast that she was expecting a baby. Wood gave birth to a baby boy named "Eli" on March 2, 2007. Wood returned to work on July 9, 2007 after three months of maternity leave[4].
In January 2008, Wood's hairstyle become the subject of a meme-like legacy among the technology-podcast listener community. The controversy originated with a comment by John Dvorak on the This Week in Tech podcast, who described Wood's hairstyle as a 'Mullet'.[5]
[edit] Guest appearances
Molly has been a guest on:
- Attack of the Show
- Live with Regis and Kelly - November 7, 2006
- Attack of the Show - June 6, 2006
- CNBC's On the Money - May 18, 2006
- Cranky Geeks
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- Episode 15 - June 21, 2006
- Episode 22 - August 10, 2006
- Episode 49 - January 31, 2007
- TWiT (This Week in Tech) Podcast
[edit] External links
- CNET.com
- Buzz Report Column and Video
- Buzz Out Loud
- The Gadgettes
- The Culture of Ownership(Molly Wood's Personal Blog)
[edit] References
- ^ Molly Wood and Tom Merritt. Buzz Out Loud 581: The Final EULA! http://bol.cnet.com Podcast accessed on 2007-11-11
- ^ "CNET launches Podcast Central" (2006-05-27). The Online Reporter (494): 10.
- ^ Molly Wood and Tom Merritt. Buzz Out Loud 563: AMD's Three-Legged Chip http://bol.cnet.com Podcast accessed on 2007-09-18
- ^ Molly Wood's Buzz Me blog. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ Molly's Mullet. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ dvinson (2007-01-15). Attack of the Show: Blog, January 15, 2007. Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. “Gregory Kohs, webmaster for mywikibiz.com and Molly Wood, the Executive Editor from C-Net join us tonight at 7PM to discuss!”
- ^ dvinson (2007-02-06). Attack of the Show: Blog, February 6, 2007. Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. “Tonight on The Loop, our experts Mark McClusky from Wired and Molly Wood from C-Net will be discussing the future of YouTube.”
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