Tom Merritt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Merritt
Occupation	Podcaster
Date Of Birth	Jun 28, 1970(1970-06-28)
Age	54
Birthplace	Greenville
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Gemini

Tom Merritt Biography

Tom Merritt is one of the most popular and richest Podcaster who was born on June 28, 1970 in Greenville, Illinois, United States. As opposed to boycotts and protests, He argued for taking action to improve the working conditions in a wider setting. When comparing the conditions at Foxconn with coal mines in the 1800s and the early 1900s, he stated, “There may be similar types of abuses going on at Foxconn, but we have those kinds of conditions arise because the conditions that the workers are in before they take the job are worse. That doesn’t excuse the conditions, but you don’t just want to get rid of the factory. You don’t want to just get rid of the coal mine and send people back into abject poverty. What you want to do is put pressure on the coal mine or the factory or whatever to begin to change their ways and improve those conditions so that everybody wins.”

Merritt has written numerous novels, mostly science-fiction novel and one of them is Boiling Point. The book was later read by Merrittt in an audiobook. The book describes a near-future United States civil war and United Moon Colonies in 2006 and he also posted the chapters to his blog. Both have been published by Lulu.com under the Creative Commons license.

Upon joining TWiT.tv, Merritt brought with him two shows previously produced by cartoonist Scott Johnson’s Frogpants Studios. Originally started on July 7, 2009, Fourcast featured Merritt and Johnson inviting various guests to discuss the future and what it might contain in a so-called virtual fireside setting. Meanwhile, Current Geek Weekly is a weekly discussion of geek culture stories and the companion podcast to the Current Geek podcasts still produced by Frogpants Studios. Merritt still appeared on the Frogpants Network for a segment called Tom’s Tech Time on Wednesdays on the Scott Johnson/Brian Ibbott-hosted podcast The Morning Stream.

On June 22, 2010, he launched a new show for Tom’s Top 5, originally for Revision3, the show counted down a new Top 5 list every week released on Tuesday until November 1, 2011. He then did a similar show “CNET Top 5” and now for TechRepublic (part of CNET).

Merritt started his journey with CNET in the year 2004. Apart from his work in the role of co-hosting Buzz Out Loud with Molly Wood, Merritt also had regular columns and podcasts (co-hosted alongside Rafe Nealman) covering consumer technology. He also hosted the tech support program call-in CNET Live with fellow editor Brian Cooley, and was anchor on CNET Top 5.

Tom Merritt Net Worth

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

Thomas Andrew Merritt (born June 28th 1970) is a tech journalist broadcaster, writer, and writer most well-known for hosting a variety of podcasts. He was the presenter of Tech News Today on the TWiT.tv Network. He was previously Executive Editor at CNET and a co-host and developer of the weekly podcast”Buzz Out Loud. He hosts the Daily Tech News Show, Cordkillers as well as Sword and Laser, among other shows.

Merritt’s radio career began in 1986 when he was DJ for WGEL the country music station based within Greenville, Illinois. He joined WGEL in 1993 and was employed as an intern with NPR’s Morning Edition. From 1999 until 2004 Merritt was employed by TechTV located in San Francisco as an Executive Web Producer. He also served as a radio host at TechTV until 2003.

Since February 4, 2008, Merritt has hosted Sword & Laser, a sci-fi and fantasy book club podcast, co-hosted with his former CNET colleague, Veronica Belmont.

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In 2012, newspapers reported calls by consumer groups to boycott Apple products in response to accounts of worker suicides and dangerous working conditions at the Foxconn plant in China. Merritt, who has followed tech news since 2005, responded by saying “Boycotts of Apple might be good to nudge Apple into doing something to improve conditions, but, you’re going to have to boycott buying electronics if you really wanted to punish China. I’m not sure that that’s called for, necessarily.”

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Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Podcaster. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Merritt celebrates birthday on June 28 of every year.

On March 3, 2013, Merritt and Molly Wood began the It’s a Thing podcast described on the as “It’s a Thing is a show grown from the brain of Molly Wood, derived from a regular segment on the CNET podcast Gadgettes. Tom and Molly started the hit podcast “Buzz Out Loud” which they co-hosted for years after the turn of the century. They missed doing shows together, so they decided that in itself, should become a thing. Again.”