Nick Bilton

Nick Bilton in December 2012

Nick Bilton is a British-American journalist and author born in Darlington, UK.

He is a technology and business columnist at the New York Times and formerly the lead blogger for the New York Times' bits blog. [1][2][3] Bilton is a contributor to Vanity Fair, and was part of the 2015 Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit.

Bilton's reporting is credited with helping to lead the Federal Aviation Administration to overturn their long time ban of using cell phones on airplanes.[4][5]

He is the author of two books: I live in the Future and Here's how it Works[6] and Hatching Twitter. The latter was a New York Times best seller and voted Best Book of the Year on The Wall Street Journal Readers Choice.[7] The book was optioned by Lionsgate and is currently being turned into a TV series.[8]

He is currently in the process of writing a book [9] about the Silk Road marketplace, which is expected in 2016.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Times Topic: Nick Bilton" January 20, 2014
  2. ↑ "NICK BILTON TURNS DOWN $1.5 MILLION+ FROM CBS/CNET, STAYS AT NY TIMES". uncrunched.com. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. ↑ The Atlantic{http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/what-could-replace-airplane-mode/281685/"What Could Replace Airplane Mode?"}November 20, 2013
  4. ↑ Skift "The Internet Is Thanking Nick Bilton For The FAA's New Rules" October 31, 2013
  5. ↑ Chron "If the FAA changes its electronics rules, you can thank a reporter" October 7, 2013
  6. ↑ "The Conversation: Nick Bilton Explains the Future". ABC News. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/13/readers-choice-the-best-book-of-2013/
  8. ↑ "Lionsgate Adapting Nick Bilton’s ‘Hatching Twitter’ for TV".
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/01/26/arts/ap-us-books-silk-road.html
  10. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2015/05/silk-road-2/

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