Barry Golson

Barry Golson is an American editor and author. He was executive editor of Playboy magazine for twelve years, and of TV Guide for five years.

Not to be confused with Benny Golson.
Barry Golson
OccupationAuthor, editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University[1]
(Class of 1967)
GenreLifestyle, Popular culture, Travel writing
Notable worksPlayboy, Yahoo! Internet Life

Career

Golson was executive editor of Playboy magazine from 1977 to 1989.[2] During that time he edited The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono[3] and The Playboy Interview,[4] both originally published in 1981,[5] as well as The Playboy Interview Volume II, published in 1983, featuring interviews from the magazine's first two decades.[6][7]

Golson also served as editor-in-chief for World Press Review,[8] executive editor for TV Guide,[9] editor-in-chief of TV Guide Online (an electronic version of the magazine's television listings),[2] and editor-in-chief of Yahoo! Internet Life.[10] He has written for publications including The New York Times,[11] Los Angeles Times[12] and Salon.[13]

In 2006, he authored Gringos in Paradise[14] and, two years later, Retirement Without Borders,[15] both detailing his life as an expatriate.[16][17]

In 2020, Golson began writing editorial columns for the Tampa Bay Times, covering such topics as politics, culture, love, family and survival in the age of COVID-19. [18]

Published works

Editor
  • The Playboy Interview (1981)
  • The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1981)
  • The Playboy Interview Volume II (1983)

Author
  • Gringos in Paradise (2006)
  • Retirement Without Borders (2008)
  • Passing Wind of Love: A Hysterical Historical Romance (2014), with John Blumenthal

References
  1. Class of 1967. (1967). Yale University - Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook. New Haven, CT: Produced under the auspices of the 1967 Class Council in cooperation with Yale Banner Publications. p. 63. OCLC 17100540.
  2. Deirdre Carmody, "TV Guide Taps Editor to Lead On-Line Unit," The New York Times, June 28, 1995.
  3. Sheff, David; Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko; Golson, G. Barry (1983). The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Berkley Books. ISBN 0425059898. OCLC 474949545.
  4. Golson, G. Barry (1981). The Playboy interview. Wideview Books. ISBN 0872236447. OCLC 804320637.
  5. Sheff, David; Golson, G. Barry (2001). Last interview: all we are saying - John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Pan. ISBN 0330482580. OCLC 47677069.
  6. Ulin, David L. (6 September 2012). "Revisiting classic Playboy interviews with e-books". Los Angeles Times.
  7. Lavin, Cheryl (14 August 1983). "Q&A". Chicago Tribune.
  8. Werts, Diane (14 Apr 1993). "Pages of 'TV Guide' contain the history and heart of television". The Arizona Republic. p. E4.
  9. William Grimes, "Behind The No. 2 Feature In Playboy," The New York Times, September 23, 1992.
  10. Carol Krol, "'Yahoo! Internet Life' Finds Real Success In Virtual World," Advertising Age, March 8, 1999.
  11. Barry Golson, "The Techno-Terror of 1897," The New York Times, April 8, 1997.
  12. Barry Golson, "Clinton and Carter, A Tale of Hope and Lust," Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1992.
  13. Salon, June 22, 1997.
  14. Golson, Barry (2008). Gringos in paradise: an American couple builds their retirement dream house in a seaside village in Mexico. Scribner. ISBN 978-0743276368. OCLC 276998058.
  15. Golson, Barry; Golson, Thia (2008). Retirement Without Borders (1st ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0743297011. OCLC 781912346.
  16. "The Best In...". The Wall Street Journal. 18 April 2009.
  17. "Guide to Essential Books on Expat Life: From How-Tos and Memoirs to Fiction". The Wall Street Journal. 21 May 2015.
  18. Barry Golson in the ‘’Tampa Bay Times’’
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