He was the founder and managing editor of Deus Ex Malcontent,[1] a blog which rose to prominence after Pazienza was fired from his job as a senior producer at CNN in 2008,[2] as well as the CEO of DXM Media.
Throughout most of his childhood his mother was a real estate agent, while his father was an officer with the North Bay Village Police Department and eventually an investigative reporter for Miami's WSVN TV.
On February 12, 2008, Pazienza was fired by CNN for maintaining a personal blog,[4] called Deus Ex Malcontent, which was started in the summer of 2006, as well as contributing opinion pieces to The Huffington Post.
[8] Since then he continued writing about subjects involving the media;[9] he regularly mined his personal experiences as a television news producer to offer opinionated commentary on topics including NBC's role in the late-night war between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno,[10] and CNN's decision to fire Rick Sanchez,[11] whom Pazienza worked closely with at several points throughout his career.
In the wake of the attention thrust on it following his firing, Pazienza made the decision to use his website to exclusively publish his memoir, Dead Star Twilight;[12] discussing his experiences in the time leading up to and immediately following 9/11, which included a drug addiction, stint in rehab, divorce and ultimately an attempt at personal and professional redemption while working at MSNBC and living in New York City.