Jason Snell
Technology writer and podcaster; founded Six Colors and The Incomparable; former Macworld editor-in-chief.
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- Jason Snell is an American writer, editor and podcaster who covers Apple and pop culture.
- He spent more than 20 years at IDG, where he was editor-in-chief of Macworld and became a senior vice president, before leaving in 2014 to found Six Colors with Dan Moren.
- He started The Incomparable podcast in 2010, which grew into a network, and has co-hosted Upgrade on Relay with Myke Hurley from 2014.
Key facts
- Born
- 6 October 19701
- Six Colors
- Founded it in 2014, with Dan Moren1
- Macworld
- Joined MacUser in 1994, then Macworld; editor-in-chief, later senior vice president at IDG; left in 2014; still writes a weekly Macworld column1
- Podcasts
- The Incomparable (from 2010, now a network); Upgrade on Relay, with Myke Hurley (from 2014)1
- Early web
- Founded the online fiction magazine InterText (1991 to 2004)1
- Education
- UC San Diego (1992); master's, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (1994)1
Links
- Six Colors (opens sixcolors.com)
- The Incomparable (opens theincomparable.com)
- Upgrade (Relay) (opens relay.fm)
- Mastodon (opens zeppelin.flights)
- Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Where they publish (ppll) (opens ppll.app)
- What they believe (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- What they recommend (rcmnd) (opens rcmnd.app)
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