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.
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]