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{{Listener Infobox <!-- If you don't want to share any of the information below just leave it blank --> | name=The RantMaster | nickname=Molly Wood | image=Molly_Woodbox.jpg | birthday=May 23, 1975 | location= | quote="This is just ludicrous!" <!-- Just use plain URL's below, do not use any wikicode --> | website=http://www.themolly.com/ | podcast=http://bol.cnet.com | blog=http://themolly.com/blog <!-- Just use your username below, do not use any URL's --> | BOLforums=mollywood | BOLwiki= | twitter=mollywood | digg= | flickr= | aolIM= | msnIM= | Gtalk= }} [[Image:Alllurbuzz.jpg|300x200px|thumb|[[BOLcat]] of Molly and clone on ''[[The Buzz Report]]'']] Molly Wood is an executive editor at [[wikipedia:CNET|CNET]].com and previously a writer for [[wikipedia:Associated Press|Associated Press]], [[wikipedia:MacHome Journal|MacHome Journal]] magazine, and [[wikipedia:O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly Media]]. Wood is a full time host on the [[Buzz Out Loud]] podcast with [[Brian Tong]] as well as the "[http://www.gadgettes.wikia.com Gadgettes]"<ref> {{cite journal | url = http://www.onlinereporter.com/article.php?article_id=6861 | title = CNET launches Podcast Central | journal = The Online Reporter | date = 2006-05-27 | issue = 494 | pages = 10 | accessdate = 2007-11-23 }}</ref> podcast with Kelly Morrison. Wood also hosts a video news show called "[http://cnettv.cnet.com/9704-1_53-0.xml?franchiseId=9&title=Buzz%20Report The Buzz Report]," a quirky technology video news column that is published weekly, and the "CNET Mailbag"(discontinued as of February 9th 2010), where she answers viewer e-mail with her own personal style.. She has appeared in more mainstream media such as [[wikipedia:Regis and Kelly|Regis and Kelly]], [[wikipedia:CNBC|CNBC]]'s [[wikipedia:On the Money|On the Money]] and [[wikipedia:NBC|NBC]]'s [[wikipedia:Today Show|Today Show]]. On January 14, 2009, Wood announced in a CNET Forums post that she would no longer be a daily host for [[Buzz Out Loud]]. She announced that she will become a once-weekly [[guest host]]. In this post, Wood cited a need for change as her reasoning for her new role.<ref>Wood, Molly. [http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10152_102-0.html?forumID=97&threadID=325224&messageID=2952325&tag=forums06;forum-threads Moving on to one day a week], 2009-01-14.</ref> On February 1, 2010, Wood announced that she would return as daily co host for Buzz Out Loud beginning monday February 8. <ref>Wood, Molly. [http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10445341-10.html], 2010-02-01.</ref>. ==Background== Wood hails from Bismarck, North Dakota. She has a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts]] in journalism with a minor in French from the [[wikipedia:University of Montana|University of Montana]] in Missoula, Montana. During her senior year (June 1996 - May 1997) she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the The Montana Kaimin, the daily student newspaper of the University of Montana. Upon graduation, she took a job as a reporter at The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana's daily newspaper. In July 1997, she joined the Associated Press, handling a variety of both general news and sports stories in the western US. On the September 2nd 2005 episode of Buzz out loud, she famously stated that a potential "iTunes phone" sounded lame and predicted it would be a flop. Molly Wood hates Wednesdays! But she loves Fridays! She used to be married to Justin Eckhouse [http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wedding/TMII71D5C0WC] <!--BY FOLLOWING THE "WEDWEB" LINKS ON WWW.THEMOLLY.COM YOU CAN FIND THEIR REGISTRIES AND WHO THE COUPLE IS [[WP:BIO]]-->and currently lives in the [[wikipedia:Oakland, California|Oakland Hills]] area <ref>{{cite web | url = http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6776212.html | title = Buzz Out Loud 563: AMD's Three-Legged Chip | website = http://bol.cnet.com | host = Molly Wood and [[Tom Merritt]] | date= 18 September 2007 | accessdate = 2007-09-18 }}</ref>. In December 2006, Molly announced during a podcast that she was expecting a baby. Wood gave birth to a baby boy named "[[Eli]]" on March 2, 2007. Wood returned to work on July 9, 2007 after three months of maternity leave. It has recently been reported that Molly Wood is currently sporting a mullet. This was reported on [[Leo Laporte]]'s This Week in Tech (TWiT) podcast, and confirmed by John C Dvorak (http://dvorak.org/blog)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://themolly.com/blog/?p=36 |title = Molly Wood's Buzz Me blog |accessdate=2007-12-05 }}</ref>. Although this is in jest as they were teasing Molly for not appearing in the program. ==Molly's Gadget List== Molly has frequently promised to buy various gadgets, but rarely goes on to actually purchase them.<ref>[http://forums.cnet.com/5208-10152_102-0.html?forumID=97&threadID=268574&messageID=2610325 Molly's Gadget List]</ref> *[[w:treo|Palm Treo]] (Got It) *Second Generation iPod Nano Red (Unknown) *{{wp|Nabaztag}} (Unknown) *a 50'HDTV (Unknown) *{{wp|Honda Fit}} (Unknown) *{{wp|Nintendo Wii }} (Got it - She played kart with her husband) *{{wp|Xbox 360}} (Got It) *{{wp|Playstation 3}} (Hasn't Bought It) *[[wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Pink Nintendo DS]] (Unknown) *{{wp|Nokia N810}} (Got It) *{{wp|Motorola Q}} (Hasn't Bought It) *{{wp|Asus EEE}} 2nd Generation (Hasn't Bought It) *{{wp|Garmin nüvifone}} (Unknown) * [[iPhone]] 3G (Still on, but was kicked by the Nuvifone) (Got It, got rid of it due to AT&T) * Panasonic PT-DZ12000 (Announced on CNET Live, July 3rd, 2008) (Not Out Yet) * HP MiniNote Vivienne Tam Edition (Got It) * iPod Touch 9-9-09 Edition (Episode 1056) ==Guest appearances== Molly has been a guest on: *[[wikipedia:Attack of the Show|Attack of the Show]] **January 25, 2007<ref> {{cite web |url = http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/date/01252007/index.html |title = Attack of the Show: Blog, January 15, 2007 |accessdate = 2007-10-15 |author = dvinson |date= 2007-01-15 |work = Attack of the Show: Blog |publisher = [[wikipedia:G4TV|G4TV]] |quote = Molly Wood, the Executive Editor from C-Net join us tonight at 7PM to discuss! }}</ref> **February 6, 2007<ref> {{cite web |url = http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/date/02062007/index.html |title = Attack of the Show: Blog, February 6, 2007 |accessdate = 2007-10-15 |author = dvinson |date= 2007-02-06 |work = Attack of the Show: Blog |publisher = [[wikipedia:G4TV|G4TV]] |quote = Tonight on The Loop, our experts Mark McClusky from Wired and Molly Wood from C-Net will be discussing the future of YouTube. }}</ref> *[[wikipedia:Live with Regis and Kelly|Live with Regis and Kelly]] - November 7, 2006 *[[wikipedia:Attack of the Show|Attack of the Show]] - June 6, 2006 *[[wikipedia:CNBC|CNBC]]'s [[wikipedia:On the Money|On the Money]] - May 18, 2006 *[http://www.crankygeeks.com Cranky Geeks] :*[http://www.crankygeeks.com/2006/06/cranky_geeks_episode_15_bluray.html Episode 15] - June 21, 2006 :*[http://www.crankygeeks.com/2006/08/cranky_geeks_episode_22_wwdc_2.html Episode 22] - August 10, 2006 :*[http://www.crankygeeks.com/2007/01/cranky_geeks_episode_48_iphone.html Episode 49] - January 31, 2007 :*[http://www.crankygeeks.com/2007/11/episode_92_amazons_kindleyay_o.php Episode 92] - November 27, 2007 :*[http://www.crankygeeks.com/2008/03/episode_107_iphone_open_for_bu_1.php Episode 107] - March 11, 2008 *[[wikipedia:Today Show|The Today Show]] :*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgKb2PbF2vg YouTube clip] - March 9, 2008 *[[wikipedia:this WEEK in TECH|this WEEK in TECH]] '''Podcast''' :*[http://twit.tv/44 Episode 44] :*[http://twit.tv/49 Episode 49] :*[http://twit.tv/56 Episode 56] :*[http://twit.tv/58 Episode 58] :*[http://twit.tv/76 Episode 76] :*[http://twit.tv/102 Episode 102] :*[http://twit.tv/107 Episode 107] :*[http://twit.tv/132 Episode 132] :*[http://twit.tv/138 Episode 138] :*[http://twit.tv/141 Episode 141] :*[http://twit.tv/175 Episode 175] :*[http://twit.tv/182 Episode 182] :*[http://twit.tv/195 Episode 195] :*[http://twit.tv/207 Episode 207] :*[http://twit.tv/216 Episode 216] (Hosted this episode while Leo was on vacation.) :*[http://twit.tv/230 Episode 230] (TWiT Live@CES 2010) :*[http://www.twit.tv/260 Episode 260] ==See also== *[[Mollyrant]] *[[Buzz Out Loud]] *[[Eli]] *[[Tom Merritt]] *[[Jason Howell]] *[[Veronica Belmont]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.themolly.com/ Molly's Website] *[http://buzz.cnet.com Buzz Report Column and Video] *[http://bol.cnet.com Buzz Out Loud] *[http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-12552_7-6515274-1.html The Gadgettes] *Molly's Social Networks: [http://twitter.com/mollywood Twitter] *Molly Rant defined at: [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mollyrant Urban Dictionary] *[http://news.cnet.com/molly-rants/ Molly Rants on Cnet News] *Why Molly Rules: [http://www.whymollyrules.com] *[http://youtube.com/watch?v=FQArBL__pVg A collection of Molly's greatest moments from the Buzz Report] {{Wikipedia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Molly}} [[Category:Hosts]] [[Category:Index]] [[Category:Hosts]] [[Category:Index]] [[Category:Hosts]] [[Category:Index]] [[Category:Hosts]] [[Category:Index]]
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