Domenico "Dom" Serafini (born 1949) is an Italian journalist and author, based in

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. He is the editor-in-chief of ''

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'', a premier television trade publication.

Early life

Dom Serafini was born in 1949 in the Italian fishing village and resort town of

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. At age 18 he moved to New York City to study color television, which had fascinated him since age 14. In New York, Serafini first lived with his aunt Yole on Long Island. He worked as a correspondent for

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for Milan, Italy, while attending

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at night. In 1971 he expanded his contributions as a freelance writer to a local newspaper, and eventually started working with large, international journals, including '' RadioWorld'' and ''Videography'', always writing on the subject of television. In 1976, Serafini helped co-found '' Millecanali'', Italy's first professional television magazine, for JCE Publications. In 1977, he became the Italian coordinator of the American magazine ''

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''. In 1978, he was appointed international editor of '' Television/Radio Age''.

''VideoAge''

In 1981, with the support of the American, Italian, French and Brazilian TV industries, Serafini launched a professional TV trade magazine called ''

''. In 1982, Serafini he to the television industry the concept of "market dailies" (daily publications published only during TV trade shows). Subsequently, he launched publications such as ''

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Magazine'', for U.S. consumers; ''

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'', France's first TV trade publication; '' TV Era'', Latin America's first TV trade publication, and, in Italy, ''Baseball Magazine'', none of which succeeded. In 1983, he opened ''VideoAge''s editorial office in

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. In 1988, ''VideoAge''s

editorial offices moved from their original East 51st Street location to the present East 75th Street location, which happened to be

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's former residence. ''VideoAge'' is the only professional TV trade publication that does not require the use of salespeople. It takes pride in its editorial staff.

Published books

*''Television Via Internet'' *''AbruzzoAmerica'' (a collaboration with Generoso D'Agnese) *''Veltroni and I'' *''The Ten Commandments for the TV of the Future'' *''"O Sole Mio" It's Now or Never'' *''History of Television''

Political involvement and recent developments

From 2001 to 2005, Serafini was an official advisor to the Italian Ministry of Communication. In 2006 and again in 2013 Serafini ran to represent Italian expatriates in North America in the

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(2006) and

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(2013). He continues to write about politics and television for several Italian, Canadian and American weekly and daily publications.

Sources

*http://www.domserafini.net *http://www.videoage.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Serafini, Dom American people of Italian descent Living people 1949 births People from Giulianova