Kevin Coupe

Kevin Coupe is the founder and "Content Guy" of MorningNewsBeat.com, the daily online information service that offers "news in context and analysis with attitude."

Morning News Beat is what Kevin calls "big ideas for thought leaders," handcrafted for users, respecting their time and intelligence. Utilizing perceptive analysis, a global view, elegant language, occasional humor, and a healthy irreverence, MorningNewsBeat strives to transcend the plain vanilla services offered by traditional trade media. In creating the site, Kevin generates in excess of a half-million words a year.

Kevin likes nothing better than getting on a plane or behind the wheel of his aging convertible and traveling to someplace he hasn't been before, where he can eat the local food, taste the local beer or wine, and find out what makes the local retailers tick. He's reported from 40 out of the 50 United States and from some 20 different countries around the globe.

In addition, he runs Coupe Communications, a production company that specializes in business videos and Internet content designed to help companies define and share way to share big ideas with employees, customers or clients. Among past clients: Reader's Digest, Stew Leonard's, Wakefern Food Corp., GE Capital Commercial Finance, the National Association of Convenience Stores, Philips Media, Diamond-Friedman/Japan, Kraft Foods and OnSafari.com.

Kevin makes presentations to a variety of business groups, including events sponsored by the Food Marketing Institute, CIES - The International Food Business Summit, The Distribution Economics Institute of Japan, National Grocers Association, ACNielsen, Grocery Manufacturers of America, National Frozen Food Association, Produce Marketing Association, Juice Products Association, the Western Association of Food Chains, and numerous state and private organizations. He is a regular guest lecturer at colleges that include Michigan State University, St. Joseph's University, Cornell University, and Portland State University. And, he frequently is interviewed by media outlets for stories about retailing and consumers, with his quotes recently appearing in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Sun-Times, the Stamford Advocate, as well as on National Public Radio.

Kevin was the founding editor of IdeaBeat.com; served as editorial director and reporter/producer for Retail Insights, a B2B video business program; was a political and government newspaper reporter; and was a publicist handling accounts such as The New Yorker, Cable News Network, and the Public Broadcasting System.

Kevin was once a bodyguard for Farrah Fawcett; acted in a major motion picture; and even wrote a segment of the French animated television series, "Barnyard Commandos." He has run two marathons, learned how to drive a 2.0 liter Formula Dodge racecar, and makes a mean seafood risotto.

He lives with his family in Connecticut.

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