William Knoedelseder Explained

William Knoedelseder
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation:Author, business writer, tv producer, news executive
Genre:non-fiction
Subject:Entertainment, business
Notableworks:Stiffed
Bitter Brew

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

Early life and education

Knoedelseder, who is from St. Louis, Missouri,[1] graduated with a bachelor of arts in English literature[2] from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.[3]

Career

Knoedelseder was a reporter from 1977 to 1989 for the Los Angeles Times. He also produced news for Knight Ridder, Fox and the USA Network.[4]

His articles in the 1980s into corrupt practices in the record business formed the basis for his book Stiffed: A True Story of MCA, the Music Business and the Mafia.[5]

In 2012, his book Bitter Brew, which spans five generations of the Busch family and the foreign takeover of Anheuser-Busch, made New York Times Bestseller list.[6] It revealed new information about August Busch IV.[7] In 2019, CBS Television Studios acquired the option to make it into a cable TV series produced by Jeffrey Kramer.[8]

Knoedelseder executive produced two television documentaries – Something's Got to Give, a 1990 two-hour special for Fox about Marilyn Monroe,[9] and All the Presidents’ Movies,[10] a three-hour 2003 special for Bravo 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."[11] Miami New Times named it "Best Newscast in South Florida.”

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Author William Knoedelseder interview for new book "Fins". October 10, 2018. KTVI Fox 2 Now.
  2. Web site: Media Coverage: October 2018. November 1, 2018. UMSL.edu.
  3. Web site: UMSL alum, best-selling author's book chronicling heyday of US auto industry 'not a book about cars'. Xandra. Ellin. St. Louis Public Radio.
  4. Web site: William Knoedelseder. Los Angeles Review of Books.
  5. Web site: Bruce Haring . 'Stiffed' delves into controversial MCA cutout deal . Variety . January 21, 1993. 2013-05-12.
  6. News: Taylor . Ihsan . Best Sellers . . 2013-03-27.
  7. Web site: Bitter Brew: New book details Busch IV's spiral into drugs, guns, paranoia . ksdk.com . 2013-03-16 . https://archive.today/20130411064145/http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=345382 . April 11, 2013 . dead.
  8. Web site: CBS TV Studios Options William Knoedelseder's 'Bitter Brew' Account Of Busch Brewing Dynasty For Series Development . Deadline . David Robb . September 27, 2019 . May 6, 2020.
  9. News: John J. O'Connor . Review/Television; Rediscovered Scenes Of Marilyn Monroe In a Last, Failed Film . New York Times . December 13, 1990 . 2013-03-26.
  10. Web site: Ted Johnson . Now playing at the White House . Variety . July 23, 2011. 2013-03-26.
  11. News: 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 . 2013-03-27.

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