Caroline Waxler is a comedy writer living in New York. She is currently a development producer, creating new programming for a cable network. Prior to her current position she was a writer for VH1, most notably at the show “Best Week Ever,” for which she was also an occasional on-air commentator.

Before she started in television, she was an investigative financial journalist, working for over five years for Forbes, where she was also the youngest editor of their stock market column “Streetwalker.” She helped to launch Fortune’s technology business magazine, eCompany (now called Business 2.0). She has also written for The New York Times, The Financial Times, Glamour, and Newsweek.

Additionally, she’s an author. In 2004, her book, “Stocking Up on Sin,” was published by Wiley and it was well reviewed internationally. Several papers, including the Miami Herald called it one of the best business books of the year and Barrons named it one of the best for 2004 overall. She’s currently writing a book about Indian outsourcing and she just finished writing a book on a former Deputy Director of the FBI who has been instrumental in fighting domestic terrorism.

Caroline is the co-founder of the New York chapter of the Glasshouse, a salon for entrepreneurs. Her newfound hobby is stand-up comedy and she can be seen regularly at Caroline’s on Broadway.

Caroline may be reached at cwaxler@hotmail.com.

Blog Entries by Caroline Waxler

Mad About Mad Men

Posted August 3, 2007 | 06:18 PM (EST)


Mad Men, the new, slick, stylish show, that epitomizes a time when Playboy was the ultimate in sophistication, offers up a view of how women in the office were treated that would give today's HR rep a heart attack, has helped me relate to -- of all people --...

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Blackmailing Oprah

Posted January 8, 2007 | 12:14 PM (EST)


January 7, 2007 -- CHICAGO - A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports.
--AP

Personally, I'm very intrigued...

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Black (And Blue) Friday: Adventures In Marathon Shopping

Posted November 25, 2006 | 12:11 PM (EST)


On my way home from my Thanksgiving dinner I texted my old friend Aimee about lunch on Friday. I was home for the weekend, in the Philadelphia suburbs, and I thought it would be a nice, relaxing way to get together. "You're kidding, right?" she replied. "Black Friday. Be at...

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Mel Gibson's Third Apology

Posted August 5, 2006 | 04:02 PM (EST)


LOS ANGELES--Mel's Gibson's statement, released to the news media early Friday, eight days after his drunken driving arrest in Malibu:

After consulting with Jewish leaders (at Alan Nierob's public relations office) it has come to my attention that I should add something else to my "Things That Were Very...

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