Molly Wood

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Molly Wood

Molly Wood (August 2007)
Background information
Born May 23, 1975 (1975-05-23) (age 34)
Helena, Montana
Nationality American
Internet activity
Subjects Podcast Host
Notable work(s) Buzz Out Loud
The Buzz Report
CNET Mailbag
Official site http://themolly.com/blog/

Molly Kristin Wood[1] (born May 23, 1975(1975-05-23)) is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosts the the "Gadgettes"[2] podcast with Kelly Morrison; "The Buzz Report", a technology video news column that is published weekly; and "CNET Mailbag", a viewers' mail show. She has appeared in mainstream media shows such as Live with Regis and Kelly and CNBC's On the Money and is a former daily co-host of the Buzz Out Loud podcast with Tom Merritt.

Molly Wood was born in Helena, Montana. She has a BA in journalism with a major in French from the University of Montana-Missoula. During her senior year (June 1996 - May 1997) she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the The Montana Kaimin, the daily student newspaper of the University of Montana. Upon graduation, she took a job as a reporter at The Missoulian. In July 1997, she joined the Associated Press, handling a variety of both general news and sports stories in the Western United States.

She currently lives in the Oakland Hills area [3]. In December 2006, Wood announced during a podcast that she was expecting a baby. Wood gave birth to a baby boy named "Eli" on March 2, 2007.

On January 15, 2009, Wood announced that, due to other CNET projects, she was resigning as daily co-host of Buzz Out Loud, reducing her role to that of guest co-host on Mondays only.[4] Following her departure Natali Del Conte stepped in to fill the spot on Buzz Out Loud.[5]

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  1. ^ Molly Wood and Tom Merritt. Buzz Out Loud 581: The Final EULA! http://bol.cnet.com Podcast accessed on 2007-2011-01-01
  2. ^ "CNET launches Podcast Central". The Online Reporter (494): 10. 2006-05-27. http://www.onlinereporter.com/article.php?article_id=6861. Retrieved on 2007-11-23. 
  3. ^ Molly Wood and Tom Merritt. Buzz Out Loud 563: AMD's Three-Legged Chip http://bol.cnet.com Podcast accessed on 2007-09-18
  4. ^ Moving on to one day a week
  5. ^ http://www.cnet.com/8301-11455_1-10142745-10.html
  6. ^ dvinson (2007-01-15). "Attack of the Show: Blog, January 15, 2007". Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/date/01252007/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. "Gregory Kohs, webmaster for mywikibiz.com and Molly Wood, the Executive Editor from C-Net join us tonight at 7PM to discuss!" 
  7. ^ dvinson (2007-02-06). "Attack of the Show: Blog, February 6, 2007". Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/date/02062007/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. "Tonight on The Loop, our experts Mark McClusky from Wired and Molly Wood from C-Net will be discussing the future of YouTube." 
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