In media years, it's been nearly two decades since former Page Sixer Jared Paul Stern allegedly attempted to extort billionaire Ron Burkle. The snails at the FBI, however, haven't forgotten. Last month, the investigation was referred to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for final review; it would seem that he's…
Apologies for yesterday's to-do list, in which we suggested that you head over to the Bubble Lounge for some free champagne and readings from a slew of gossip writers. As it turns out, everyone backed out of the event — former Postette Bridget Harrison, Dana Vachon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Deborah Schoeneman all…
If your long-term memory is not yet completely shot, you may recall that in April, during the rosy days of the Payola Six scandal, Zink magazine issued a press release reminding everyone that while alleged extortionist Jared Paul Stern sat on their masthead as a contributing editor, his work at the mag never…
Quarantined from society in upstate New York, former Page Six-er Jared Paul Stern has taken up obsessive emailing, knitting, and, of course, blogging (so maybe we had something to do with that one). If you can ignore the usual Stern propaganda, he does take a discerning eye to the Times and notices that the Gray…
The News reports that the findings in a federal probe into former Page Six staffer Jared Paul Stern's alleged shakedown of billionaire Ron Burkle have been passed along to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez for final review. Passing the case along to Gonzalez suggests that prosecutors want to move forward rather than…
FishbowlNY scores a small scoop today with Jared Paul Stern's "book cover concept," as designed by famous book designer Chip Kidd:
Yesterday the L.A. Times delivered its own let's-go-visit-Jared-upstate-and-hear-how-he's-been-wronged piece. And what does the paper tell us about the Stern homestead?
• Assuming Tom Cruise does eat placenta, he learned how to serve it courtesy of Vice. It's like Food & Wine for the flesh-eating hipster set, after all. [Viceland]
• How bad are things getting in the world of big-budget beauty pageants? Bad enough that Miss USA contestants are doing photo-ops Mars 2112. [Getty Images
Here's an interesting Payola Six detail we haven't adequately examined, published last Wednesday in the Times:
Ad Age Media Guy Simon Dumenco is, as always, angry. This time it's at Jared Paul Stern — who else? — and, interestingly, it's not that Simon is mad at Jared for his journalistic ethics or his crudely miscalculated shakedown attempt or his subsequent spin campaign. Simon is mad at Jared for his clothes — which Stern…
Realizing that perhaps an online poll is not even close to an accurate gauge of the general public, New York shoved a few interns out to Union Square, where they took a random survey of 100 pedestrians on matters of media, gossip, Page Six and fedoras. For those of eating, sleeping, and shitting in the clusterfuck,…
Ahem. Well. That was interesting. Good news, though: It's over. Mommy and daddy are back now, kiddies, and everything will be all right. Comments won't be deleted or edited anymore. (In fact, we'll leave them entirely alone, like we always do — and, don't worry, JPS's habitual mendacity notwithstanding, they're as…
In a stroke of questionable genius from our otherwise-adorable management, disgraced Page Six staffer Jared Paul Stern will be guest-editing Gawker this weekend. Why? We don't know — those answers exist somewhere high above our pay grade. Nevertheless, far be it from us to punch in on a weekend to keep Jared away…
And, you wonder, if Jared Paul Stern's clothing line is anywhere close to successful, why would he need an infusion of cash from any billionaire, whether one being shaken down or otherwise?
For those of you blissed-out under your rocks, last Friday news broke that Jared Paul Stern was being investigated by the FBI for allegedly extorting billionaire Ron Burkle. The resulting media tizzy since has suggested that Page Six is corrupt, Stern is a slimeball, and Burkle is a creepy control freak. All of…
As they are wont to do with even the most non-competitive of their competitors, today's Page Six happily summarizes the death of the Times' Boldface Names columns (and, we have to add, the tone strikes as a bit too gleeful given the current circumstances). They note that in editor Bill Keller's announcement, he made…
• New York mag's sex columnist Amy Sohn spares us her return. Instead, she'll be writing in-depth features for the magazine on matters such as breast milk and bjorns, reasoning that "parenting is hot right now." Yeah? Tell that to our Ortho Tri-Cyclen, crazy lady. [NYO]
• A glimpse into Jared Paul Stern's future at…
Shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal — and shouldn't every federal investigation be exclusively carried out through the media? After Burkle maintains the Page Six has been out to get him, especially since he won't sell out his powerful friends, Burkle brings it all back together…
You have to hand it to the ever-blushing Observer — days after news broke that Page Six's Jared Paul Stern had allegedly tried to shake down billionaire Ron Burkle, and they still manage to delight us by sending Gawker alum Choire Sicha up to the Catskills for some cozy time with Stern and his wife, Ruth "Snoodles"…
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