William Knoedelseder

William Knoedelseder
Born 1947
St. Louis, Missouri
Occupation Author, business writer, TV producer, news executive
Nationality United States
Genre Nonfiction
Subject Entertainment, business
Notable works Stiffed
Bitter Brew
Website
www.billknoedelseder.com

William Knoedelseder (born 1947), is an author, former Los Angeles Times business writer, television producer and news executive.

Education

He has a bachelor of arts in English literature from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Career

Writing

Knoedelseder was a staff writer from 1977 to 1989 reporting on the entertainment industry for the Los Angeles Times.

Knoedelseder's series of articles in the 1980s into corrupt practices in the record business formed the basis for the book Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business and the Mafia.[1]

In 2012, his book Bitter Brew, which spans five generations of the Busch family and the foreign takeover of Anheuser-Busch, made the New York Times Bestseller list.[2] Lionsgate Television optioned the book as a television series.[3]

Television

Knoedelseder was executive producer of two television documentaries — Something’s Got to Give, a 1990 two-hour special for Fox about Marilyn Monroe,[4] and All the Presidents’ Movies,[5] a three-hour special for Bravo in 2003 that described the viewing habits of modern U.S. presidents.

Knoedelseder worked as a television producer and executive creating news programs and documentaries for Fox, Disney, Knight-Ridder, Bravo and USA Broadcasting. As vice president of news at USA, he oversaw the launch of a nightly news program on WAMI-TV in Miami titled "The Times."[6] Miami New Times named it “Best Newscast in South Florida.”

Books

References

  1. Bruce Haring. "‘Stiffed’ delves into controversial MCA cutout deal". Variety. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  2. Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  3. "Bitter Brew: New book details Busch IV's spiral into drugs, guns, paranoia". ksdk.com. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  4. John J. O'Connor. Published: December 13, 1990 (1990-12-13). "Review/Television; Rediscovered Scenes Of Marilyn Monroe In a Last, Failed Film - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  5. Ted Johnson Legal Editor @tedstew. "Now playing at the White House". Variety. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  6. "BOOK REVIEW: 'I'm Dying Up Here' Explores Beginnings of Standup Comedy in Mid-1970s Los Angeles; When Leno and Letterman Were Buddies - Huntington News Network". Huntington: Archives.huntingtonnews.net. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

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