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Jared Paul Stern is an American writer who currently serves as the Executive Editor for Maxim Magazine, [1] where his byline has appeared since 2015. [2] He had previously served as editor, publisher, photographer, designer, reporter and columnist for the New York Post and other publications. He contributed to the popular "Page Six" column for more than 10 years.

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Stern was a founding editor of Page Six magazine and wrote the New York Post columns "Nightcrawler" and "Fashion Buzz" for several years in addition to editing the Post's Books section. He worked as the Executive Editor of Star Magazine with a reported salary of $300,000 a year, worked at New York magazine twice, and has had work published in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Vogue , GQ , Details and Spy magazines among other publications.[ citation needed ] Heidi Klum has widely credited an article Stern wrote about her in the New York Post as having helped launch her career. Alongside his gossip-page writing, Stern owned a clothing line called Skull & Bones.

After his fall from grace in 2006, Stern wrote for websites including the men's fashion blog Kempt and the daily e-mail newsletter UrbanDaddy.com. [3] He then left New York City and became editor of Driven, an blog about cars [4] published by UrbanDaddy, had an antiques store in Kennebunkport Maine called Cape Porpoise Outfitters, published the Sea Salt dining guide series, worked as a freelance photographer and curator, and served as a judge for the International Best Dressed List, and the Ford Supermodel of the World contest.[ citation needed ]

Burkle scandal

In April 2006, supermarket magnate and Democratic fundraiser Ron Burkle released selectively edited transcripts of six minutes of videotape of two face-to-face meetings he had had with Stern the previous month. [5] In the sections made available to the media, Stern allegedly offered to work for Burkle on a freelance basis for $220,000 a year to help him deal with inaccurate reporting about the billionaire in various gossip columns. Burkle released copies of e-mails from Stern in which Stern allegedly inquires about expected payments. Burkle had previously complained about erroneous stories about himself in the Post to Rupert Murdoch, his neighbor and owner of the newspaper, in a personal letter, to which Murdoch reportedly never responded.[ citation needed ]

Stern claims in a series of published interviews that he had been "set up" by Burkle, and was only in meetings with him to discuss a possible investment in his clothing company, Skull & Bones.[ citation needed ]

The Post suspended Stern while the video clips were made public, though he was only working there part time on a freelance basis. [5] Charges were never filed against Stern; federal prosecutors deferred to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who declined to prosecute. [6] [7]

In October, 2006, an unnamed source leaked to the press that Stern had landed a contract with Simon & Schuster to publish a book, tentatively to be called Stern Measures, about the Post, its gossip pages, and various scandals with which he is familiar. [8] However, on August 7, 2007, Gawker.com reported that the book deal did not reach fruition. [9]

Stern later filed a civil lawsuit against not only Burkle, but also other people who he alleged to be conspirators including Frank Renzi (a former United States Secret Service agent); Michael Sitrick (a public relations consultant who worked for Burkle); William Sherman of The New York Daily News ; former First Lady of the United States, United States Senator, and United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, claiming libel, emotional distress, interference in a business relationship, injurious falsehood, abuse of process, and civil conspiracy. Justice Walter B. Tolub of the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan dismissed all of Stern's claims, describing the complaint as a "political diatribe. [10] [7] [11] [12]

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  1. ↑ "Maxim Contact Information". Maxim Magazine. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Articles by Jared Paul Stern".
  3. ↑ "Memo Pad: News Flash.. Stern Surfaces… Bye to BG…"
  4. ↑ "Jared Paul Stern in Exile: The scandal-felled Page Six reporter reinvents himself as a Kennebunkport bon vivant",
  5. 1 2 "Post Cans Four Gossip Scribes," William Sherman, New York Daily News, April 21, 2006.
  6. ↑ William Sherman and Leo Standora. "He Quits Page Six Mess - Post-Haste", nydailynews.com, August 10, 2006.
  7. 1 2 Choire Sicha, "Ex-Post Keyholer Says He’s Cleared on Extortion Rap", New York Observer, January 29, 2007.
  8. ↑ "N.Y. Post's Gossip Guru Lands Book Contract," Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2006, p.e10
  9. ↑ "Jared Paul Stern's Book Has Been Cancelled" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine , Gawker.com, August 7, 2007; retrieved 2007-08-08.
  10. ↑ Eligon, John (18 June 2008). "Judge Sharply Dismisses Former Gossip Writer's Suit". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Jared Paul Stern, Best Defendants Ever" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine , Gawker.com, March 22, 2007
  12. ↑ Goldman, Adam (June 25, 2008). "Jared Paul Stern's Lawsuit Against Daily News, Ron Burkle Tossed By New York Judge". Huffington Post .
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