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In addition to writing hundreds of stories for print and web outlets including Forbes, The Huffington Post and The Washington Post, Zack has appeared frequently on television and radio — both as an interviewer and as an interviewee. He has served as an expert source for news organizations from Bloomberg to NPR (click here to inquire about Zack’s availability), and has conducted his own video interviews of numerous industry leaders for AOL, Forbes and others. To see more of Zack’s video interviews, check out his YouTube channel and the sampling below.

The latest:

 

Zack talks about his Jay-Z biography on Good Day New York (March 2011):

 

Zack talks about Jay-Z’s rise as a businessman on Bloomberg TV’s Game Changers (November 2010):

 

Zack interviews rising rap star Mac Miller about the business of indie hip-hop, the power of social media, and the future of music (December 2011):

 

Zack interviews international superstar Bruno Mars about his rise to the top, his switch from artist to producer back to artist, and how he couldn’t afford breakfast while writing the song “Billionaire”:

 

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Zack talks about his Jay-Z book with Fanny Kiefer on Studio4 in Vancouver (April 2011) Video

Zack talks about his Jay-Z book on Urban Rush in Vancouver (April 2011) Video

Zack interviews Russell Simmons about books, business, and doing yoga with Diddy (January 2011) Video 1: Yoga | Video 2: Financial Services

Zack interviews fool-pitier Mr. T about the longterm financial benefits of buying gold (October 2010) Story | Video

Zack heads to New Jersey to uncover the thrills of license plate collecting (December 2008)
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Zack O'Malley Greenburg is a Forbes staff writer and author of the Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind. He writes a column called The Beat Report at Forbes, where he's covered finance and music since 2005, profiling the likes of Bon Jovi, Bruno Mars, Richard Branson and 50 Cent along the way. Zack's stories have taken him from Omaha's rail yards to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone. He has also written for The Washington Post, McSweeney's, Sports Illustrated and others. He has served as a guest lecturer at Yale, Berklee School of Music, Georgetown and Harvard, and has appeared as an expert source for BBC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, E!, MTV, Reuters and other outlets.

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Speaking Engagements

Zack is available for book signings, radio/television interviews and speaking engagements related to his book, Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went From Street Corner to Corner Office, published by Penguin's Portfolio imprint in March 2011. To inquire about Zack's availability, please see the contact page.

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