| clips from select published works |
Title: Game Previews: Ghost Recon 2 and Knights of the Old Republic 2
Source: Sync
Description: Video game previews from the Ziff Davis mag
Sync. I do half the game previews in each issue of Sync.
Title: Best Ski Resorts for Nightlife
Source:USA Today
Description:Top ski resort towns for clubbing.
Title: Christopher Lawrence Interview
Source: Clubplanet
Description:Interview with top-ranked U.S. DJ (#7) in DJ Magazine's Top 100 poll.
Title: Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
Source: PC Magazine
Description: Video game review.
Title: Weekly Nightlife Column [7/2/04]
[7/16/04] [1/14/05]
Source: amNewYork
Description: Weekly nightlife column for Tribune-owned daily
newspaper AM New York. Check out the two samples above (PDF).
Title: Stormy
Daniels Q&A
Source: Clubplanet
Description: Quick interview with adult film star Stormy
Daniels.
Title: Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Source: PC Magazine
Description: Video game review.
Title: Shrek
2
Source: PC Magazine
Description: Video game review.
Title: Liam
Howlett Interview
Source: Clubplanet
Description: Liam Howlett talks to Clubplanet about the new
Prodigy album.
Title: Best
of CES 2005
Source: Clubplanet
Description: Top gear and gadgets.
Title: Alex
Paterson Interview
Source: Clubplanet
Description: Interview with Alex Paterson of The Orb.
Title: Best Beaches for
Nightlife
Source: USA Today
Description: Top Five Beaches for Nightlife (PDF).
Title: Darren
Emerson Interview
Source: Clubplanet Magazine
Description: Feature-style interview from Clubplanet
magazine (PDF).
Title: Behind the Bottle
Source: Clubplanet Magazine
Description: Feature about bottle service at nightclubs (PDF).
Title: Summertime Booze
Source: Clubplanet Magazine
Description: Drinking/cocktail column (PDF).
Title: Hands Up
Source: Clubplanet Magazine
Description: Tech/video game column (PDF).
Title: Rock
Star 101
Source: UGO Networks
Description: Feature
package built around the CMJ Music Festival. Includes a "Rock
Star Factory" flash game, a great sidebar on "Easy Instruments," and
an article on how digital distribution will change the music industry
-- which years later has proven to be surprisingly accurate.
Title: Robbie Rivera
& Judge Jules
Source: Clubplanet WMC 2003 Special
Description: Two interviews from the March 2003 Clubplanet
publication (PDF).
Title: Save the
Children
Source: UGO Networks
Description: Parody of "adopt-a-child" charity campaigns.
Probably the most offensive thing I've ever written. You've been
warned.
| bio |
New York native Dan Ackerman has been a media junkie ever since
he was old enough to reach the remote control. Tragically, after
two semesters of film school, Dan realized he was a profoundly untalented
filmmaker. Breezing through the rest of his college experience,
Dan knew that while the director's chair may elude him, there were
plenty of media careers that didn't require knowing how to load
a Bolex.
Following a post-college stint as an on-air radio jock, Dan returned
to the big apple and graduate school at Fordham University, where
he picked up a Master's Degree in Media Theory. While there, Dan
worked at legendary radio station WFUV, producing segments with
artists like Michelle Shocked and Bobby McFerrin.
A natural jump from radio to print followed as Dan hooked up with
an exciting start-up magazine, Beer Connoisseur. Sadly,
BC's eclectic mix of upscale men's lifestyle features and
vaguely white trash beer stuff didn't catch fire with the public
and Dan had to play out the year at Beverage World, a leading
trade publication.
Joining online entertainment network UnderGroundOnline (www.ugo.com)
in 1998, Dan edited videogame site E3.Net before helping launch
UGO's film and music channels. Dan also was part of the team that
created the infamous Gary Coleman Webathon (as seen on 20/20,
Good Morning America, Wired and USA Today).
Already running UGO's daily editorial team, Dan made the leap from
Senior Editor to Editor-in-Chief in the Spring of 2000 by hooking
up with Clubplanet.com,
the nation's leading nightlife website. Re-christening Clubplanet's
unique blend of features, interviews and listings with the tagline
"nightlifestyle," Dan built the brand into a major player
in the growing electronic music/club culture scene, leading to relationships
with partners like Imagine Media, Vindigo, Bacardi, Perrier and
Sony Music.
After Clubplanet's sale in the summer of 2001, Dan joined Live
Music Channel, a producer of syndicated music television programs.
There he developed new program proposals and oversaw the company's
web strategy.
In the Fall of 2001, Dan's indie record label, Helper Monkey Records,
released its first two albums to mild critical
acclaim and indifferent sales.
In 2002, Dan rejoined the Clubplanet team. Under his editorial
watch, several high-profile content syndication deals have been
signed and the Clubplanet brand has made the jump to radio and
print. Building on the success of the quarterly Clubplanet print
magazine, Dan started a weekly column on nightlife for amNewYork,
a daily New York City newspaper.
In addition, Dan freelances for publications like USA Today and
PC Magazine and is the co-founder of GameGal.com,
the game industry's leading authority on women's gaming and technology
issues.
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