Reporter and later editor of _Variety_, credited with coining many show business terms including "biz," "obit," "biopic," "payola," "pix," and "flick."
Green, Abel and Laurie Jr., Joe. Show Biz: From Vaude to Video. New York: Henry Holt, 1951.
Author of books "Tin Pan Alley" and "Outward Bound and Gagged"; co-author of "Show Biz (From Vaudeville to Video)"; editor, "The Spice of Variety".