Dom (Domenico) Serafini

Dom Serafini (born 1949) is an Italian journalist and author, currently based in New York. He is currently the editor-in-chief of VideoAge International, a premier television trade publication.

Early life and move to New York

Dom (Domenico) Serafini was born in 1949 in the Italian fishing village and resort town of Giulianova. At the age of 18 he moved to New York to study color television, which had fascinated him since the age of 14. In New York he first lived with his aunt Yole on Long Island. In New York, Serafini worked as a correspondent for JCE Publications of Milan, Italy, while attending Empire State College at night. In 1971 Serafini expanded his contributions as a freelancer to a local newspaper, and eventually started working with large, international journals, like RadioWorld, and Videography, always writing about television. In 1977, Serafini became the Italian coordinator of the American magazine Consumer Electronics. Previously, in 1976 he helped co-found Millecanali, Italy's first professional television magazine for JCE Publications. In 1978, he was appointed international editor of TV/Radio Age magazine.

VideoAge and his breakthrough to L.A.

In 1981, with the support of the American, Italian, French and Brazilian TV industries Serafini launched a professional TV trade magazine called VideoAge International. In 1982, Serafini introduced to the television industry the concept of "Market Dailies" (i.e., Daily publications published only during TV trade shows). Subsequently, he launched publications such as GameShow Magazine, for U.S. consumers; TV Pro, 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 Los Angeles. In 1988, VideoAge's New York editorial offices moved from its original East 51st Street location to the present East 75th street location, which happened to be Andy Warhol's former residence. Currently, VideoAge is the only professional TV trade publication that doesn't require the use of sales people. However, VideoAge takes pride of its editorial staff.

Published books

• Television Via Internet
• AbruzzoAmerica (With Collaboration of 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, Serafini ran to represent Italian expatriates in North America in the Italian Senate by co-founding an independent party. Although he lost, he put up a formidable fight, finishing third in most areas. Currently, he writes about politics and television for several Italian, Canadian and American weekly and daily publications.

Sources

• http://www.domserafini.com
• http://www.videoage.org

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Name	Serafini, Dom
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Date of birth	1949
Place of birth	Giulianova, Italy
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