Stephen M. Silverman | |
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Born | West Covina, California, U.S. | November 22, 1951
Died | July 6, 2023 New York City, U.S. | (aged 71)
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Education | University of California, Irvine (BA) Columbia University (MS) |
Subjects | Popular culture |
Stephen Meredith Silverman (November 22, 1951 – July 6, 2023) was an American biographer, journalist, and editor. He was chief entertainment correspondent for the New York Post from 1977 to 1988,[1] and was a news editor at Time Inc. from 1995 to 2015,[2] where he founded the People Online Daily. He is also the author of a dozen books of cultural criticism.[3] The Wall Street Journal called him "a veteran journalist and historian of popular culture [who] writes with verve and mischief,"[4] while Kirkus Reviews dubbed him "a deft manipulator of the devastating deadpan non-sequitur".[5]