"Jerry" Nachman (February 24, 1946 – January 19, 2004) was the editor-in-chief and vice president of MSNBC cable news network.,[1] and former editor of the New York Post.
Nachman was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Nachman's parents got a divorce when he was a child so he moved in with his mother and stepfather in Pittsburgh.
Nachman attended, but did not graduate from, Youngstown State University for seven years, not taking a single journalism class.
He served as the general manager of WRC radio and local television stations in Washington, D.C. Nachman also wrote scripts for television programs and produced the late-night, half-hour political talk show Politically Incorrect hosted by Bill Maher during the 2000 elections.