Leo Laporte

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Leo Laporte
File:Leo Laporte 27 September 2007.jpg
Birth name Leo Gordon Laporte
Born (1956-11-29) November 29, 1956 (age 67)
New York City, New York
Show Approx. 20 shows on the TWiT netcast network, also The Tech Guy through Premiere Networks
Station(s) TWiT TV LLC; Premiere Networks
Time slot Saturdays and Sundays live at 11:00 am PT (19:00 UTC/18:00 UTC during US DST), 3 hours
Website http://www.leoville.com/
http://leoville.squarespace.com
http://www.techguylabs.com
http://twit.tv

Leo Gordon Laporte (/ləˈpɔːrt/; born November 29, 1956)[1] is an American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur.

Background

Laporte, the son of a geologist, studied Chinese history at Yale University before dropping out in his junior year to pursue his career in radio broadcasting,[2] where his early radio names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes.[3] He began his association with computers with his first home PC, an Atari 400.[4]

Television and radio

Laporte has worked on technology-related broadcasting projects, including Dvorak on Computers in January 1991 (co-hosted with technology writer John C. Dvorak), and Laporte on Computers on KGO Radio and KSFO in San Francisco.[5]

In 1998, Laporte created and co-hosted The Screen Savers,[6] and the original version of Call for Help on the cable and satellite network ZDTV (later TechTV).[7]

Laporte was the host of the daily television show The Lab with Leo Laporte, recorded in Vancouver, Canada. The program had formerly been known as Call for Help when it was recorded in the U.S. and Toronto. The series aired on G4 Canada, on the HOW TO Channel in Australia, on several of Canada's Citytv affiliates, and on Google Video. On March 5, 2008, Laporte confirmed on net@nite that The Lab with Leo Laporte[8] had been canceled by Rogers Communications. The HOW TO Channel refused to air the remaining episodes after it was announced the show had been canceled.[9][10]

He hosts a weekend technology-oriented talk radio program show titled Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy. The show, started on KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles), is now syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks. Laporte also appears on Friday mornings on KFI with Bill Handel, and previously on such shows as Showbiz Tonight,[11] Live with Kelly,[12] and World News Now.

Books

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Leo Laporte and Amber MacArthur

Laporte has written technology-oriented books including:

He has published a yearly series of technology almanacs:

Laporte announced in October 2006 that he would not renew his contract with Que Publishing, and had retired from publishing books.

In 2008, Laporte did a voice narration of the public domain[14] fable[15] The True History of Little Golden-hood[16] by Andrew Lang[17] from Audible (Amazon), a sponsor.[18]

Podcasting

Laporte owns and operates a podcast network, TWiT.tv with his wife[19] Lisa Laporte. Its shows are available on iTunes and other podcast subscription services. Before the expansion to new facilities in 2011, Laporte said TWiT earned $1.5 million annually on a production cost of $350,000.[20] In a 2012 Reddit posting, he commented that revenue was approaching $4 million.[21]

Laporte has a net worth of $5 million.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Leo Laporte Information. TV.com
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ TwitLive Broadcast, after hours, 2008-12-09
  4. ↑ Focus On: Leo G4
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ The Lab with Leo Laporte Internet Archive
  9. ↑ Lab with Leo off TV in Australia – Let us See the Remaining Episodes
  10. ↑ Response from How-To Channel Australia Regarding The Lab with Leo
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  12. ↑ Leoville: Live with Regis and Kelly
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Books by Lang, Andrew - Project Gutenberg
  15. ↑ Little Red Riding Hood and other tales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 333 translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman
  16. ↑ The Red Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang : THE TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD
  17. ↑ Andrew Lang, 1844-1912
  18. ↑ TWiT.TV - this WEEK in TECH
  19. ↑ Danae Ringelmann interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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