Jordan Chariton, Media Reporter, joins TheWrap from Mediabistro’s TVNewser and LostRemote. Before that, he worked inside the “belly of the beast,” spending four years working in cable news, at Fox News, Fox Business and MSNBC. He also spent almost two years as the digital producer at NYC’s legendary non-profit 92nd Street Y. When he’s not reading, writing, or engaging in deep, soulful conversation, Jordan is most likely taking in a movie, museum, restaurant, or binge watching Netflix. Follow him on Twitter @jordanchariton or reach him at jordan.chariton@thewrap.com.
Experience:
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CNN’s Candy Crowley Gets Touching Sendoff From Top Competitors, Colleagues: ‘TV Will Be Sh-t Without You’ (Video)
George Stephanopoulos, Bob Schieffer, Chuck Todd and Chris Wallace among media elite paying tribute to Crowley’s trailblazing 27-year run at CNN
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The Associated Press Names Michael Brown, Eric Garner Shootings Top Story of 2014
Shooting deaths of two unarmed African Americans and subsequent protests is the AP’s top story of the year; Ebola outbreak, ISIS, missing Mayalysia Airlines Flight 370 also make the list
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Joe Scarborough Blasts ‘Left Wing Talking Heads’ and New York Times Over NYC Cop Killings (Video)
“To listen to protestors, editors and left wing talking heads go on and on since the shooting of Michael Brown, you would be led to believe that white police officers were randomly driving through black neighborhoods searching for young black males to shoot down,” MSNBC host says
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TV News Praises President Obama After He Calls Sony’s ‘The Interview’ Cancellation a ‘Mistake’
“Gretchen, I’m outraged for men everywhere,” Fox News chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry says
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News Corp. Acquires India-Based BigDecisions.Com
Rupert Murdoch’s company buys interactive business analytics company
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Sony CEO Michael Lynton to President Obama: ‘We Have Not Caved’ (Video)
“We have not caved, we have not given in, we have persevered, and we have not backed down,” Sony CEO tells CNN
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President Obama: Sony ‘Made a Mistake’ in Canceling ‘The Interview’
President says “I wish they had spoken to me first” before pulling the plug on the film
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Sony Hackers Issue New Threat In Wake ‘The Interview’ Cancellation, Says CNN
Hackers threaten, “Now we want you [to] never let the movie released, distributed or leaked in any form of, for instance, DVD or piracy”
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Stephen Collins to Katie Couric: ‘I’m Absolutely Not Physically or Sexually Attracted to Children’ (Video)
“I think I’m someone who gave in to exhibitionistic urges,” Collins tells Katie Couric
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Candy Crowley Lands Exclusive With President Obama for Final ‘State of the Union’
Crowley departs CNN after 27 years Sunday; will exclusively Interview President Obama Sunday
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Joe Scarborough Goes Bonkers on Hollywood, Mika Brzezinski Blasts George Clooney (Video)
“I really am stunned that everybody’s capitulated, that Hollywood’s capitulated, that movie theaters have capitulated,” Scarborough says; Mika takes shot at George Clooney
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Ronan Farrow Takes Viewers Inside V.A. Patients’ Colonoscopy Nightmare (Video)
MSNBC host airs special series on hospitals exposing thousands of veterans to potential infections like HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis through faulty procedures
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Top 5 Media Winners of the Year: TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2014
It was a busy media year, with many individuals and groups rising while others fell fast. Here’s who walks into 2015 with momentum
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Russell Simmons’ Global Grind Acquired by Interactive One
Geared toward African-Americans, Interactive One will morph Global Grind into a millennial channel
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HLN Chief Albie Hecht’s Rebrand Is Going to Blow Up Cable News Biz: It’s Sort of the Informative Side of ‘Daily Show’
“The CNN guests that you’d normally see, the experts, they’re not going to be on HLN,” Hecht tells TheWrap about the reboot of the social media-centric news network
