Eric Schmuckler, a veteran journalist who was a former senior editor for Mediaweek magazine covering the TV networks and later on served as one of the magazine's top contributing writers, passed away quietly at his Tarrytown, N.Y., home on Dec. 27, following a long battle with cancer. He was 47.
Known throughout the television and media agency business as a tough reporter with rapier-sharp wit and writing talents to match, Schmuckler loved to write about all facets of the television industry, from analyzing the prime-time schedules to the picayune details of upfront negotiations between the sales executives and top buyers. He also possessed a unique talent for identifying future hits in the television business (Mediaweek, thanks to Eric, was the first press outlet to foresee the future success of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers in the early 1990s).
"He was the most lovable kvetch I've ever known," remembers Bill Gloede, the former editor of Mediaweek.
Known throughout the television and media agency business as a tough reporter with rapier-sharp wit and writing talents to match, Schmuckler loved to write about all facets of the television industry, from analyzing the prime-time schedules to the picayune details of upfront negotiations between the sales executives and top buyers. He also possessed a unique talent for identifying future hits in the television business (Mediaweek, thanks to Eric, was the first press outlet to foresee the future success of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers in the early 1990s).
"He was the most lovable kvetch I've ever known," remembers Bill Gloede, the former editor of Mediaweek.
- 12/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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