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United States Leo Laporte is a renowned technology broadcaster and author, most recognized as the founder of the TWiT.tv podcast network. His career spans decades in radio and television, offering expert commentary and insights into the evolving world of technology.
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Lisa and Leo Laporte, the husband-and-wife team behind podcasting empire TWiT, discuss how to build an engaged community, highlighting their use of Memberful for community engagement.
Leo Laporte has an Amazon Store associated with TWiT.tv, offering a platform for product sales and recommendations.
In 2008, Leo Laporte provided a voice narration of Andrew Lang's fable 'The True History of Little Golden-hood' for Audible, a sponsor.
Leo Laporte authored several technology books published by Que Publishing, including "Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo" and "Leo Laporte's Guide to MacOSX Tiger." He concluded his contract with them in 2006.
Leo Laporte contributed a foreword to the book "The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice)" (Second ed.) by Jono Bacon, published by O'Reilly Media.
Leo Laporte, born on November 29, 1956, in New York City, developed an early interest in technology. He studied Chinese history at Yale University from 1973 to 1976 before leaving to pursue a career in radio. His early engagement with computers dates back to his first home computer, an Atari 400, followed by a Macintosh in 1984, for which he wrote a software review for Byte magazine. Between 1985 and 1988, he managed MacQueue, one of the first Macintosh-only bulletin board systems.
Laporte’s broadcasting career began in December 1977, hosting news talk and interview shows on KGO, KSFO, and KNBR in San Francisco. He also worked as a personality DJ on KLOK and KMBY. From January 1991 to July 1994, he co-hosted “On Computers,” a syndicated tech talk radio show broadcast on over 60 stations nationwide, including the American Forces Network. In 1997, he received a Northern California Emmy for his work as Dev Null on MSNBC’s “The Site.” In 1998, Laporte co-created and hosted “The Screen Savers” and “Call for Help” on ZDTV (later TechTV).
In 2005, Laporte founded TWiT.tv (This Week in Tech), an internet podcast network dedicated to technology, which he co-owns with his wife, Lisa Laporte. The network grew significantly, reporting annual revenues of $1.5 million by 2011 and approaching $4 million by 2012. He hosted “The Tech Guy” weekly radio show until his retirement from it in December 2022. Laporte has also authored several technology books, including a series of technology almanacs, and continues to host multiple podcasts on the TWiT.tv network.
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