Tom Merritt Bio | Wiki
Tom Merritt is an award-winning American technology journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He is an independent tech podcaster and host of regular tech news and information shows. As of now, he hosts Daily Tech News Show, Cordkillers, and Sword and Laser, among other shows. Before, he served as the former co-host of Tech News Today on TWiT.tv Network, Executive Editor for CNET, and developer and co-host of the daily podcast Buzz Out Loud.
Tom Merritt Age
He was born on June 28, 1970, in Greenville, Illinois, in the United States of America. Tom is 52 years old.
Tom Merritt Height
He is a man of average stature. Tom is 5 ft 7 in tall (Approx 1.7 m).
Tom Merritt Family
He was born to his father and mother in Greenville, Illinois, in the United States. Tom’s father was a food scientist, who worked on the Coffee-Mate project. However, details regarding his mother remain unknown.
Tom Merritt Wife
He is happily hitched to his gorgeous wife Eileen Rivera. The couple has been together for over a decade now and they reside in Los Angeles, California. They have two dogs Rey and Sawyer as well as Jango who died of natural causes in January 2017. Tom is a St. Louis Cardinals MLB fan.
Tom Merritt Education
Upon graduating with his best high school education, Tom enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He pursued and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Tom later attained a master’s degree in communications from the University of Texas at Austin.
Tom Merritt Subrilliant LLC
His journalism career kicked off as a Disc Jockey at WGEL 101.7 FM in January 1986. Tom spent three years hosting regular music programming shifts on daytime country radio and nighttime hard rock radio. In August 1989, he moved to WPGU 107.1 serving as a Sports Director for almost a year. Tom served as Play-by-play for Illini Baseball and Hockey broadcasts and also covered local college and high school sports.
From March 1990 to March 1992 he was in charge of all on-air station programming as a Program Director at WPGU. Before attaining his master’s degree he spent five months as an intern at NPR. He assisted the radio show Morning Edition’s production team in gathering information for the daily program. Moreover, he spent six years as Half Price Books assistant manager. From August 1999 to July 2004 he was TechTV executive producer.
As of now, he is the founder and operator of Subrilliant LLC. He also hosts the Daily Tech News Show at the station. Tom is a co-host and writer and producer of the Sword and Laser show with Veronica Belmont. Before he hosted the daily Tech News Today show as well as Frame Rate a show at Twit Publishing LLC for almost four years. Further, he was the CNET editor working for five years and 11 months. In addition, he was co-producer and co-host of CNET’s Buzz Out Loud podcast.
Tom Merritt Podcast
He serves as host of the Know a Little More podcast on the Daily Tech News Show. The show talks more on tech topics to help you understand what you need to know about them. Moreover, the podcast contains 90 episodes with the latest episode updated on August 18, 2022.
Also, he hosts his daily Technology and Tech News podcast The Daily Tech News Show along with Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane. In the show, he keeps up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy discussion of the tech news of the day. Additionally, the podcast contains 1,585 episodes as of August 19, 2022.
Tom Merritt Salary
His main source of income is working as the founder and host of the Daily Tech News Show at Subrilliant LLC. Tom’s salary is $102,679 annually.
Tom Merritt Net Worth
He has worked as a professional and talented journalist with a wide range of experience in different journalism possessions. Through his work, he has attained decent possessions. Tom’s estimated net worth is $2 Million.
How Old Is Tom Merritt
Tom is 51 years old born on June 28, 1970, in Greenville, Illinois, in the USA.
Where Is Tom Merritt
As of now, he is the founder and operator of Subrilliant LLC. He also hosts the Daily Tech News Show at the station. Tom is a co-host and writer and producer of the Sword and Laser show with Veronica Belmont. Before he hosted the daily Tech News Today show as well as Frame Rate a show at Twit Publishing LLC for almost four years. Further, he was the CNET editor working for five years and 11 months.