Christopher Null (born September 7, 1971) is an American writer, journalist and entrepreneur. A former blogger for Yahoo! Tech, he was the editor of Drinkhacker.com, and the founder and editor-in-chief of Filmcritic.com, which operated from 1995 to 2012. He is also the former magazine editor for PC/ Computing, and founder of Mobile PC magazine.

Early life

He was born on September 7, 1971, in Houston, Texas. He obtained an MBA at the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Null has written for numerous publications, including Wired, Business 2.0, PC World, Men's Journal, San Francisco Magazine, Yahoo! Internet Life, Working Woman, PC/Computing, San Jose Magazine, The Austin Chronicle, and The Austin American-Statesman. He is also the author of two books: Five Stars ! (2005, Sutro Press), a manual for aspiring film critics, and Half Mast (2002, Sutro Press), a novel. Prior to writing for Yahoo!, he was the founding editor-in-chief of Mobile PC magazine. He also served as editor-in-chief of New Architect, Executive Editor of Smart Business magazine, and Managing Reviews Editor of LAN Times magazine. He founded Filmcritic.com in 1995, sold it to American Movie Classics in 2009 and worked for AMC for 3 years; the site closed in 2012. He wrote over 4000 movie reviews. In 2015, Null authored an article for Wired discussing the distinctive nature of his last name, which gained significant attention online. The article's popularity led to its feature as the focus of a Radiolab episode, as well as segments on Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me! and the British quiz show QI. Null continues to respond to media inquiries regarding the "Null" phenomenon highlighted in his article.

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