David Talbot

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Talbot
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Sep 22, 1951(1951-09-22)
Age	73
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Virgo

David Talbot Biography

David Talbot is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on September 22, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, United States. David Talbot (born September 22 1951) is a American Journalist, writer, and media executive. Talbot is the founder and as well as the editor- in chief of a web-based magazine that was in its early stages, Salon. Talbot established Salon around 1995. Salon gained a huge readership and broke several important national news stories. It was called in Entertainment Weekly as one of the web’s “few genuine must-reads”.

Talbot’s novel Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the man who saved America recounts the life and experiences of the antiwar U.S. Marine General Smedley Darlington Butler. This book is included in an illustrated historical series dubbed Pulp History, is a collaboration with Zap Comix artist Spain Rodriguez. Devil Dog, which was published by Simon & Schuster in fall 2010, was praised by The New York Times, that described”the Pulp History series “rip-roaring nonfiction tales with enough purple prose, gory illustrations and va-va-va- voom women to lure in even reluctant teenage male readers”.

Talbot’s book Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love, about the wild and bloody birth of “San Francisco values”, was published in spring 2012. Season of the Witch received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and was described as “enthralling, news- driven history” (San Francisco Chronicle), “energetic, highly entertaining storytelling” (Boston Globe), and “an enthralling – and harrowing – account of how the 1967 Summer of Love gave way to 20 or so winters of discontent” (Washington Post).

In 2015, Talbot was announced as the editor of Hot Books, a new nonfiction imprint of Skyhorse Publishing. In 2016, Talbot became a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

The year 2008 was the time that Talbot established a production firm for the media along with his siblings, dubbed The Talbot Players which was named after their father’s late theater troupe. The company created films, books and documentaries. Alongside their Pulp History series, which was produced for Simon & Schuster, the company created an acclaimed documentary television series on the world of music for PBS known as “Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders”.

David Talbot Net Worth

David Talbot is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Talbot 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Salon is a magazine on the web located on the streets of San Francisco. Talbot has described Salon as being the “smart tabloid”. It was in 1996 that Time magazine picked Salon as its top website that year. The site was originally designed to highlight book and other popular media, the site was increasingly viewed as a political platform in the Clinton impeachment scandal in the latter part of 1990. Salon was a departure from the mainstream media by protecting Clinton’s presidency Clinton presidency and examining the right- wing prosecutorial system, led by Kenneth Starr and Rep. Henry Hyde, whose own scandals Salon revealed.

After leaving as Salon’s chief editor and CEO at the end of 2005 Talbot stabilized the difficult web business. Talbot was briefly back in the role of Salon CEO in the year 2011, but has since left the business.

David Talbot’s sister, Margaret, has written a biography of their father, Lyle Talbot, and a memoir of their family life, The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father’s Twentieth Century (Riverhead Books, 2012).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

David Talbot height Not available right now. David weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is David Talbot Dating?

According to our records, David Talbot is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, David Talbot’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for David Talbot. You may help us to build the dating records for David Talbot!

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Talbot celebrates birthday on September 22 of every year.

Who turned David Talbot into a vampire?

As Lestat is about to give Raglan the Dark Gift, he discovers Raglan’s deception and crushes his skull, killing Raglan’s consciousness in David’s body. Later, Lestat finds David in the young body Raglan stole then forcibly gives David the Dark Gift, making him a vampire.

What happened David Talbot?

In November 2017, Talbot suffered an ischemic stroke. In January 2020, his book about the stroke and his recovery from it, Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of My Stroke, was published.

Who was the first vampire?

Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1579–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. He was referred to as a strigoi, štrigon, or štrigun, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock.

Does Lestat have a son?

Among those tests is trying to determine just what the differences are that make vampires and also whether they can breed—Rice’s vampires are almost all homosexual, but Lestat ends up fathering a child with a mortal woman here. Not until later does he learn, however, that he now has a human son named Viktor.

Who is the oldest vampire alive?

What is this? The oldest vampire is Sekhmet. She was a warrior goddess in ancient Egypt.