Greg Gutfeld
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| Greg Gutfeld | |
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| Born | September 12, 1964 |
| Occupation | Journalist, Television Personality |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Spouse(s) | Elena Moussa |
| Website dailygut.com |
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Greg Gutfeld (born September 12, 1964) is an American conservative television personality, political satirist, humorist, magazine editor and blogger. He currently is the host of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld on the Fox News Channel.
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[edit] Personal life
Gutfeld was born and raised in San Mateo, California. He attended Junípero Serra High School[1] and the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1987.[2]
Gutfeld currently resides in New York City with his wife, Elena Moussa, whom he met in London.[3]
[edit] Career
After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in English, he interned at The American Spectator, as an assistant to R. Emmett Tyrrell. He then got his first full-time job as a staff writer at Prevention magazine. In 1995, he became a staff writer at Men's Health.
He was promoted to editor-in-chief of Men's Health in 1999. In 2000, he was replaced by David Zinczenko and became editor-in-chief of Stuff. At Stuff, he increased the circulation from 750,000 to 1.2 million. In 2003, he hired several midgets to attend a conference of the "Magazine Publishers of America" on the topic of "buzz," with the instructions to be as loud and annoying as possible. The stunt did generate publicity for Stuff; but, it led to Gutfeld being fired from the magazine soon afterward; he was then made head of "brand development" at Dennis Publishing.[2]
He helmed "Maxim Magazine," in the UK, from 2004 to 2006.[2] However, Gutfeld's contract expired without renewal after losses in readership under his tenure. His final year at "Maxim" saw a loss of about 40,000 readers.[4] In addition, on the December 16, 2009, show of Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, former boss Felix Dennis stated Gutfeld was fired as a result of a "Maxim" story entitled "The Ikea Sex Party" for which the publication was sued.
Gutfeld was a contributor to the website The Huffington Post from its launch until July 2007; frequent targets of his sarcasm include his Huffington Post colleagues Deepak Chopra, Cenk Uygur and Arianna Huffington. He currently blogs at his own site, "The Daily Gut."
Since February 5, 2007, Gutfeld has been host of the Fox News Channel late-night program, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
[edit] Books
- Gutfeld, Greg (1997-11-15). The Scorecard: The Official Point System for Keeping Score in the Relationship Game. Henry Holt & Company. pp. 182. ISBN 9780805054507.
- Gutfeld, Greg (1999-01-01). The Scorecard at Work: The Official Point System for Keeping Score on the Job. Henry Holt & Company. pp. 160. ISBN 9780805058659.
- Gutfeld, Greg (2008-01-21). Lessons from the Land of Pork Scratchings. Simon & Schuster. pp. 224. ISBN 9781847370662. http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=65&pid=592860.
- Gutfeld, Greg (2010-05-25). The Bible of Unspeakable Truths. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 304. ISBN 9780446552301. http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780446552301.htm.
Gutfeld's new book "The Bible of Unspeakable Truths" is out as of May 25th 2010.
[edit] References
- ^ Bluey, Robert B. (2006-06-16). "Q&A With Greg Gutfeld: The Cool Conservative". Human Events.com (Eagle Publishing Inc.). http://www.humanevents.com/rightangle/index.php?1=1&title=qaamp_a_with_greg_gutfeld_the_cool_conse%3Cbr%20/%3E. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ a b c Gurley, George (2007-05-22). "Red Eye for the Straight Guy". The New York Observer (Observer Media Group). http://www.observer.com/2007/red-eye-straight-guy. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ You big, boozy, lazy, beautiful Brits – I love ya, The Sunday Times, Greg Gutfeld, January 6, 2008
- ^ Gutfeld leaves Maxim after circulation dropped 16.2%, Daniel Farey-Jones, Brand Republic, March 10, 2006
- Robertson, Campbell (2007-04-10). "At 2 A.M., Dark Humor Meets the Camera Lights". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/arts/television/10gutf.html. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- Whitehouse, David (2007-06-16). "News crash!". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jun/16/tvandradio.theguide1. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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