Speaker Michael Schneider

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Michael Schneider

TV Editor

Variety

Michael Schneider has covered the business of television for nearly 30 years, currently as the TV Editor at Variety, where he oversees TV coverage and continues to write about the entertainment industry. He’s the recipient of several National Arts & Entertainment Journalism awards, as well as Southern California Journalism awards.

Additionally, Schneider produces the Awards Circuit podcast for Variety, and he is a regular contributor to Los Angeles news outlets including Spectrum News 1 and public radio station KCRW. Schneider previously was Executive Editor at IndieWire and an Editor-At-Large for Variety, and before that the Chief Content Officer for TV Guide Magazine, where he helped launch the website TV Insider. During his original tenure at Variety and Daily Variety, Schneider spent 12 years as TV Editor.

Schneider regularly moderates industry panels with execs, showrunners and talent at events including San Diego Comic-Con, PaleyFest, the HRTS, NATPE, PromaxBDA, and countless other events. He has appeared on ABC World News Tonight and Primetime Live, NBC's Today show and Dateline NBC, CBS' Early Show, G4's Attack of the Show, E! News Daily, CNN, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Access Hollywood, NPR and many other programs and outlets. He also served as a reality show judge on a Fox Reality Channel show you probably didn't see. 

Speaking on: Summit Series Keynote: Keith Le Goy, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Summit Series Keynote: Chuck Lorre; Spotlight: BBC Studios & BritBox

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