Jack Gould
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John Ludlow Gould (February 5, 1914 – May 24, 1993) was an American journalist and critic, who wrote commentary about television.
Early life and education
Gould was born in
Career
He started as a copy boy at the New York Herald Tribune in 1932. In 1937, he moved to The New York Times, writing for the drama department and also writing about radio in the 1940s. In 1944, he became the newspaper's radio critic, and in 1948, the chief television reporter and critic. At one point, he had eight people working under him. In the early 1960s, he was a CBS executive for a short time but returned to the Times.[1]
Gould's columns and reviews (along with those of rival
Gould lived on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village[4] and later in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, where, according to his obituary in The New York Times, his office contained "a shortwave radio, two telephones, a small black book of unlisted telephone numbers, and a typewriter". He retired in 1972 and moved to California. He died in Concord. He married Carmen Letitia Lewis in 1938; they had three sons.[1][4]
Honors
Gould won numerous awards, including the
References
- ^ a b c d e Collins, Glenn (May 25, 1993). "Jack Gould, Critic, Is Dead at 79; Covered Television for The Times". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Brown, James A. "Television Criticism (Journalistic)". Museum of Broadcast Communications. Archived from the original on June 28, 2002.
- ^ "Television: Cactus Jack". Time. October 11, 1963. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.
- ^ a b c Gould, Lewis L. (2002). "Introduction: Portrait of a Television Critic". Watching Television Come of Age: "The New York Times" Reviews by Jack Gould. Focus on American History. Austin: University of Texas Press. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002.
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