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Michael Wolff

1953 - Today

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Michael Wolff (born 1953) is an American journalist, as well as a columnist and contributor to USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, and the UK edition of GQ. He has received two National Magazine Awards, a Mirror Award, and has authored seven books, including Burn Rate (1998) about his own dot-com company, and The Man Who Owns the News (2008), a biography of Rupert Murdoch. He co-founded the news aggregation website Newser and is a former editor of Adweek. On January 5, 2018, Wolff's book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House was published, containing unflattering descriptions of behavior by U.S. President Donald Trump, chaotic interactions among the White House senior staff, and derogatory comments about the Trump family by former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Wolff has received more than 219,385 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Wolff is the 165th most popular journalist (down from 119th in 2019), the 16,686th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,870th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Journalist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Michael Wolff ranks 165 out of 196. Before him are Timur Miroshnychenko, Roxana Saberi, Larry Kudlow, Janet Maslin, Tim Russert, and Jemima Goldsmith. After him are Nina García, Katie Piper, Lise Rønne, Alan Johnston, Claas Relotius, and Natalia Morar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Michael Wolff ranks 700. Before him are Alan Rusbridger, Darrell Issa, Hina Jilani, Meredith Vieira, Daniel T. Barry, and Victor Davis Hanson. After him are Gregory Meeks, Geoff Hoon, Louie Gohmert, Kay Hagan, Hilary Benn, and Dennis Daugaard.

Others Born in 1953

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Wolff ranks 16,686 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Bowie (1963), Michael Bacall (1973), Jesse Carmichael (1979), Susan Kelechi Watson (1981), Cassie Ventura (1986), and Tony Moore (1978). After him are Peter T. King (1944), Johnny Kelly (1968), Eric Garcetti (1971), Terrence Trammell (1978), Kel Mitchell (1978), and Daniel J. Bernstein (1971).

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Among JOURNALISTS In United States

Among journalists born in United States, Michael Wolff ranks 45. Before him are Evan Gershkovich (1991), Frances Bean Cobain (1992), Roxana Saberi (1977), Larry Kudlow (1947), Janet Maslin (1949), and Tim Russert (1950). After him are Andrew Breitbart (1969), Chris Cuomo (1970), Nancy Grace (1959), A. O. Scott (1966), Jacob Appelbaum (1983), and Lester Holt (1959).

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