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Career

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Brown was associated with The Washington Post from 1979 to 1985, serving as a financial reporter (1979–1982), New York City financial correspondent (1982–1984) and director of business development, Washington Post Company (1984–1985).[1] Prior to that, Brown wrote for the Washington Star (1978–1979), Media General Newspapers (1975–1978), the Winston-Salem Sentinel (1974–1975) and the St. Louis Post Dispatch (1973–1974).[2] Additionally, he was appointed as Executive Editor for Channels in 1986 and wrote a monthly column.[3][4]

Peabody Awards

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Brown was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1988 to 1991.[5]

Court TV

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Brown was the Senior Vice President, corporate & program development for Court TV from 1990 to 1994 and is known as one of the strategists who helped create The Courtroom Television Network.[6] As a member of the launch team, Brown worked on all facets of the network's operation leading up to its July 1991 launch. From 1990-1994[7]

MSNBC.com

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In 1996, Brown oversaw the launch of MSNBC.com,[8] and was the website’s first Editor-in-Chief. During his tenure, MSNBC grew rapidly and became the No. 1 online news provider,[9] with close to 50 Million monthly U.S. users.[10] He was characterized as responsible for connecting Microsoft’s “technology experts” and NBC’s "newshawks", developing the connections between MSNBC Cable,[11] which is based in NJ and MSNBC on the Internet, based in Redmond, Washington.[12] Brown established content share deals with such organizations as Newsweek, The Washington Post, Sporting News and The Wall Street Journal. He went on to become Senior Vice President in August 2000 and during his tenure, the fledgling company grew to become one of the most visited news offerings on the Internet.  In December of that year, Brown led MSNBC.com to be honored with the “General Excellence in Online Journalism” award by the Online Journalism Association and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.[13]

RealNetworks

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From 2002 to 2003, Brown served as a Senior Vice President for RealNetworks and was responsible for RealOne’s programming business,[14] which included programming, subscription sales, marketing, advertising sales and technology.[15] During his tenure, the paid subscribers grew from 750,000 to over 1,000,000.[16]

News21

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Brown was one of the founders of News21, an educational effort involving journalism grad students from five major universities— Columbia, UC Berkeley, USC, Northwestern, and Harvard.[17][18] He served as the National Editorial Director of the project from June 2005 until January 2008.[19]

Montclair State University School of Communication and Media

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In 2012, Brown was appointed as the inaugural Director of the School of Communication and Media at the Montclair State University,[20] where he led academic programs for more than 800 students.[21]

The News Project

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Brown is the founder and CEO of a full-service digital publishing platform called The News Project Inc.[22] Formation of the company was announced in May 2018.[23][24] Brown founded the company to provide editorial solutions for topics and communities that are inadequately covered.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-30. Media industry consultant Merrill Brown, was founding editor in chief of MSNBC.com, a position he held from 1996 to 2002. He's served as a senior vice president of RealNetworks and was a founder of Court TV. He also worked in the newspaper and magazine field and was a reporter and Wall Street correspondent for The Washington Post. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, MERRILL BROWN, NEWS21 EDITORIAL DIRECTOR?". Mediabistro. May 16, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Merrill Brown - Riptide". Riptide. Retrieved 2018-10-22. In addition to reporting on Wall Street as a correspondent for the Washington Post, he was the editor of Channels, a magazine about television, during the 1980s
  4. ^ "PressThink: Special to PressThink: Interview with Merrill Brown". archive.pressthink.org. Retrieved 2018-10-27. ew people have had the kind of career Merrill Brown has at the intersection of news, commerce and technology. He was a newspaper journalist for ten years, including Wall Street correspondent for the Washington Post. I met him in the 1980s, when he was editor of Channels, a magazine about television. Steven Brill later hired him to help create Court TV, where he was a senior VP. After consulting gigs with Time, NBC, US West and others, he was named the first editor-in-chief of MSNBC.com, when that operation got off the ground. Last year he moved to RealNetworks as a senior executive in charge of online content. (He left that job recently.) {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "George Foster Peabody Awards Board Members". www.revolvy.com. Retrieved 2018-10-27. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "Merrill Brown". MediaStorm. Retrieved 2018-10-22. Brown was one of the initial strategists responsible for creating the Courtroom Television Network (Court TV). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "The Merrill Brown Era of Digital Media". WiredJersey.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22. He was also instrumental in the launch of Court TV, for which he managed programming, marketing and business development
  8. ^ "MSNBC Pumps Itself Up". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-10-01. The previous version "in no way indicated the depth and breadth of the site," says MSNBC editor in chief Merrill Brown. "Lots of its fans called it 'clean.' Others called it 'dull.'"
  9. ^ Miles, Stephanie. "Salon.com, MSNBC.com Win Top Online Journalism Awards". www.wsj.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ Barringer, Felicity. "The Top Editor Is Departing MSNBC.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018. Merrill Brown, the founding editor who led MSNBC.com to dominance of the Internet news audience before falling behind CNN.com in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, announced his resignation yesterday. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ Kramer, Stacy. "Merrill Brown: After the "Heyday"". ojr.org. Retrieved October 2, 2018. He had already lasted through multiple phases at MSNBC.com -- the planning, the launch, the go-go years, the advertising slump. He did what few people thought could be done: created a credible and respected news organization with Microsoft as a parent. The site has won just about every significant award online journalism offers and has topped the charts as the number one news and information site numerous times. MSNBC.com has its own gossip columnist but it also had the first ombudsman. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |dead-url= and |quotes= (help)
  12. ^ Mifflin, Lawrie. "Journalist as Broker in Mixed Marriage Next Week of Microsoft and NBC News". Retrieved 2018-10-01. Today, Merrill Brown may be stepping around paint cans and sawhorses in the MSNBC studios still under construction in Fort Lee, N.J., dressed in the white shirt, rep tie and conservative suit of a network television executive
  13. ^ McCarthy, Steve. "The Merrill Brown Era Of Digital Media". wiredjersey.com. Retrieved September 29, 2018. Brown, who comes to Montclair State from MMB Media LLC, of which he was founder and principal, brings extensive experience in traditional and digital media as well as journalism education to his role as director of the new school. A former business reporter for The Washington Post, Brown was the founding editor-in-chief of MSNBC.com. He was also instrumental in the launch of Court TV, for which he managed programming, marketing and business development. As first national editorial director of news for the 21st Century, a Carnegie Corp-Knight Foundation initiative on the future of journalism, he helped expand a five-school pilot program into a twelve-school program based at Arizona State University. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ "Real hires former MSNBC.com chief". CNET. 2002-08-15. Retrieved 2018-10-01. Merrill Brown, the former editor-in-chief of MSNBC.com, has been named a senior vice president at RealNetworks.
  15. ^ "Merrill Brown Resigns as Chief Of RealNetworks' Content Efforts". WSJ. Retrieved 2018-10-01. Merrill Brown, the media executive in charge of RealNetworks Inc.'s online subscription services, plans to leave the company in late August, citing a shift in his job responsibilities.
  16. ^ "Merrill Brown". MediaStorm. Retrieved 2018-10-27. RealOne expanded subscription programming offerings in news, sports, entertainment and music and grew from 750,000 paid subscribers to over 1,000,000. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ "Journalism Reinvents Itself". magazine.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-27. Brown was tapped to serve as national editorial director for News21, a multi-school initiative that lends support to journalism students in their efforts to report on serious issues facing our country. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  18. ^ Bryant, Steve. "J-schools step up investigative reporting instruction with News21". ojr.org. Retrieved October 2, 2018. News 21 — short for News for the 21st Century — is a partnership among five universities (Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Southern California [publisher of OJR]) that's sending its fellows across the country and the world to do investigate reporting on a series of complicated topics and long-term issues. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  19. ^ "NJ News Commons at Montclair State: An Experiment in Sharing Content, Resources". njtechweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01. Brown's interest in collaborative journalism and education goes back to the founding of News21, an initiative through which talented journalism students come together to report news and produce in-depth, multimedia projects for major national news outlets. He was involved with the launch of the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. Brown and his ideas for the school were recently featured in a PBS Media Shift article by Mark Glaser. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  20. ^ "Journalist Named Inaugural Director of MSU's School of Communication". Montclair, NJ Patch. 2012-08-28. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  21. ^ "Merrill Brown - Story in a Bottle". Story in a Bottle. 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-10-01. Today, he's poised to coach a new class of journalists to do the same, as the Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University where he helps to shape the future of the industry.
  22. ^ "New publishing tech company partners with AP". Axios. Retrieved 2018-10-01. A group of media, journalism and tech companies has joined veteran media executive Merrill Brown to create a full-service publishing platform specifically built for digital news publishers called The News Project (TNP) {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  23. ^ "The News Project Launches, Helps Publishers Build Sustainable Models". Retrieved 2018-10-01. The News Project (TNP), a publishing platform company formed by media executive Merrill Brown and companies from the media, journalism and technology spheres, launched today. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  24. ^ "There is now something called The News Project and the Associated Press has signed on as a partner". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  25. ^ "Here's How Merrill Brown Plans To Fix The Media Problem: Check out The News Project (MDE289) | Minter Dial". minterdial.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01. Merrill Brown is founder and CEO of The News Project, a startup helping to make news and news rooms better and more affordable. As the site says, The News Project uses "technology and integrated services to empower journalists, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and investors in information businesses to rapidly launch and effectively operate high-impact, sustainable news and information properties focused on vital, underserved topics and passionate communities {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

Consulting work

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Brown’s consulting practice, developed through MMB Media LLC where he was principal.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Merrill Brown". Center for Communication. Retrieved 2018-11-12. Before taking the post in August, Brown was principal of MMB Media LLC, which provided clients with management and strategy consulting, corporate, editorial and program development, business analysis and marketing services. Since the founding of MMB Media, clients have ranged from companies in the news, information and wireless businesses to large foundations. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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Hello,

I would like to add the following in the lead page, infobox and main body:

Current Lead Page (live)

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Merrill Brown is a media executive and journalist. In addition to writing for The Washington Post, he launched MSNBC.com and was the website’s founding Editor-in-Chief. He is former Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University.

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Merrill Brown is a media executive and journalist, who is the Founder and CEO of The News Project. In addition to writing for The Washington Post, he launched MSNBC.com and was the website’s founding Editor-in-Chief. He is former Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University.

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The News Project

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Brown is the founder and CEO of a full-service digital publishing platform called The News Project Inc.[1] Formation of the company was announced in May 2018.[2][3] Brown founded the company to provide editorial solutions for topics and communities that are inadequately covered.[4]

References

  1. ^ "New publishing tech company partners with AP". Axios. Retrieved 2018-10-01. A group of media, journalism and tech companies has joined veteran media executive Merrill Brown to create a full-service publishing platform specifically built for digital news publishers called The News Project (TNP) {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "The News Project Launches, Helps Publishers Build Sustainable Models". Retrieved 2018-10-01. The News Project (TNP), a publishing platform company formed by media executive Merrill Brown and companies from the media, journalism and technology spheres, launched today. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "There is now something called The News Project and the Associated Press has signed on as a partner". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  4. ^ "Here's How Merrill Brown Plans To Fix The Media Problem: Check out The News Project (MDE289) | Minter Dial". minterdial.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01. Merrill Brown is founder and CEO of The News Project, a startup helping to make news and news rooms better and more affordable. As the site says, The News Project uses "technology and integrated services to empower journalists, philanthropists, entrepreneurs and investors in information businesses to rapidly launch and effectively operate high-impact, sustainable news and information properties focused on vital, underserved topics and passionate communities {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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1. The newsproject is the the subject's current company and is being independently discussed by notable online publications.(I have attached the citations for your convenience) 2. The Infobox states that the subject's current occupation is "Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University. the lead paragraph in the live page states, "He is former Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University". The current business of the subject is the NewsProject, which should be updated in the infobox 3. Adheres to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons 4. Adheres to WP:SOURCES

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