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Jonathan Karp
Born1963 or 1964 (age 60–61)[1]
Alma materBrown University
EmployerSimon & Schuster

Jonathan Karp is an American book editor, publisher, and writer. Prior to being named publisher of Simon & Schuster in 2010, he was the founder of Twelve, an imprint at the Hachette Book Group, and the editor-in-chief of Random House. As of May 2020, he is the CEO of Simon & Schuster.[2]

Early life and education

Karp was born to a Jewish family[3] and raised in the Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey. His mother worked as a schoolteacher and his father served as chairman and chief executive officer at a bank.[4][5][6] Karp graduated from Brown University in 1986,[7] where he majored in American civilization and served as president and editor of the student publication, The Brown Daily Herald.[4][8][9][10] He wrote his master's thesis on Herman Wouk's novels.[11][12]

Career

Karp wrote for The Washington Post in the mid 1980s,[13][14][15] then worked as a reporter for The Providence Journal and the Miami Herald.[4] He then relocated to New York City to pursue his interests in books and theatre.[4]

Karp joined Random House in 1989 as an editorial assistant, and by 2000 he was serving as vice president and senior editor.[16][17] In July 2000, he was promoted to the role of publisher of '@Random', the company's e-book branch,[18][19] and eventually worked his way up to editor-in-chief of Random House.[1][20] He worked for Random House for sixteen years, with one interruption; in 2000, he left the publisher to head producer Scott Rudin's office in New York (Scott Rudin Productions) as vice president of development.[19] However, he returned to Bertelsmann several weeks later.[19][21][22]

Karp then served as publisher and editor-in-chief of Twelve, an imprint he established within the Hachette Book Group in 2005, which publishes one book per month.[23][24][25] Fifteen of Twelve's first thirty books appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.[26]

In mid 2010, Karp left Hachette to become Simon & Schuster's publisher,[1][27] and was subsequently named president of the flagship division.[28][29] In May 2011, Karp made a cameo appearance on the finale of Gossip Girl's fourth season ("The Wrong Goodbye"), in which he negotiates a manuscript deal with one of the show's main characters.[30][31][32] He later appeared on the season five episodes "The Jewel of Denial" (October 10, 2011) and "Father and the Bride" (January 23, 2012).[33][34]

Theatre

Karp met composer Seth Weinstein during their two-year apprenticeship at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, in Manhattan in 1996. The duo wrote The Kugelmass Affair, which is based on a short story by Woody Allen.[4]

In 2000, Karp co-directed Big Kiss: An Evening of Humiliating Audition Stories with Alford, who wrote Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top. The show featured Alford and other actors performing self-written monologues about their most embarrassing audition experiences.[35]

Karp and Weinstein's second musical, Heart Throb, premiered at the Producers Club in 2001.[4] The duo later collaborated on How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes, with Karp writing the book and lyrics. The Off-Broadway musical comedy, which is about a United Nations tour guide who realizes his ability to read minds after getting hit in the head by a melon, was first presented as I Know What You're Thinking in September 2000 at the New York International Fringe Festival and later ran at the arts complex New World Stages.[8][19][36][37]

On 29 May 2020, he became the CEO of Simon & Schuster.[38]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Bosman, Julie (June 3, 2010). "Head of Boutique Publisher Joins Simon & Schuster". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/books/simon-schuster-jonathan-karp-ceo.html
  3. ^ Times of Israel: "The Good Old Days Of The Future Of Publishing" by Susan Reimer December 16, 2012
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lee, Felicia R. (August 7, 2004). "Critic's Notebook; Double Life as Editor and Lyricist". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "Donald M. Karp, Secretary". Thirteen.org. Tisch WNET: THIRTEEN Media. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. ^ Nadler, Paul (September 1, 1998). "Weekly Advisor: Has New Jersey Bank Got Its Fair Share in Community's Comeback?". American Banker. SourceMedia. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
  7. ^ Brown University:
  8. ^ a b Schwartzapfel, Beth (January–February 2007). "His True Loves". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  9. ^ Eugenides, Jeffrey; Moody, Rick; Lowry, Lois; Robinson, Marilynne; Cheever, Susan (May 20, 2014). The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill. Simon & Schuster. p. 107. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Brown Daily Herald" (PDF). Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University. January 23, 1985. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  11. ^ Barnes, Brooks (November 12, 2012). "At 97, He Has a Book (or 2) Left". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  12. ^ Boog, Jason (April 9, 2012). "96-Year-Old Novelist Herman Wouk Lands Book Deal". Adweek. Prometheus Global Media. ISSN 0199-2864. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  13. ^ "How Real Is 'Rambo'?". The Washington Post. July 8, 1985.
  14. ^ "Brown's Four Famous Freshmen". The Washington Post. August 29, 1985.
  15. ^ "Reputed Md. Gang Member Gets 32 Years in Murder". The Washington Post. August 30, 1986.
  16. ^ Reid, Calvin (August 7, 2000). "PW: Random House, Modern Library to Offer E-books". Publishers Weekly. 246 (32). ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  17. ^ Bronson, Po; Dooling, Richard; Garcia, Eric; Hond, Paul; Krist, Gary (February 20, 2001). Men Seeking Women: Love and Sex On-line. Random House Publishing Group. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  18. ^ Bing, Jonathan (September 18, 2000). "Booked Solid: Three giants expand their e-publishing horizons". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 810134503. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  19. ^ a b c d Goldman, Andrew (February 12, 2001). "Hollywood's Second-Oldest Story: Jon Karp Signs with Rudin, Flees". New York Observer. Observer Media. ISSN 1052-2948. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  20. ^ Bosman, Julie (September 15, 2010). "Boutique Publisher Names New Chief". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  21. ^ Kolker, Robert. "Waiting for Godoff". New York: 3. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  22. ^ Snyder, Gabriel (March 19, 2001). "Another Dot-Com Dream Punctured: Random House Scaling Back E-Books". New York Observer. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  23. ^ Donadio, Rachel (February 3, 2008). "Waiting for It". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  24. ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (June 2, 2010). "Simon & Schuster Shakeup: David Rosenthal Out and Jonathan Karp In". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  25. ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (June 3, 2010). "Simon & Schuster grabs innovative publisher Jonathan Karp". Los Angeles Times. tronc. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 3638237. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  26. ^ Ferrari-Adler, Jofie (November–December 2009). "Agents & Editors: A Q&A with Editor Jonathan Karp". Poets & Writers. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  27. ^ Boog, Jason (June 3, 2010). "Jonathan Karp to Replace David Rosenthal as Simon & Schuster Publisher". Adweek. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  28. ^ Dilworth, Dianna (February 22, 2016). "Simon & Schuster to Publish Book on Tiger Woods". Adweek. Beringer Capital. ISSN 0199-2864. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  29. ^ Kinane, Ruth (January 4, 2017). "Carrie Fisher's books rush to reprint after sales were 'wiped out by demand'". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  30. ^ Yin, Maryann (May 17, 2011). "Jonathan Karp Cameo on 'Gossip Girl' TV Show". Adweek. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  31. ^ Duray, Dan (May 17, 2011). "Jonathan Karp on His Gossip Girl Cameo". New York Observer. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  32. ^ Pressler, Jessica; Rovzar, Chris (May 17, 2011). "Gossip Girl Recap: Maybe We're Growing Up After All". Vulture.com. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  33. ^ Pressler, Jessica (January 24, 2012). "Gossip Girl Recap: There's a Fine Line Between Surveillance and Stalking". Vulture.com. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  34. ^ Greenhouse, Emily (December 21, 2012). "Farewell, "Gossip Girl"". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. ISSN 0028-792X. OCLC 320541675. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  35. ^ Tierney, John (April 12, 2000). "The Big City; Now Staging a Revival: Humiliation". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  36. ^ "Jonathan Karp: From the Page to the Stage". Broadway.com. Key Brand Entertainment. November 14, 2006. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  37. ^ Gates, Anita (November 16, 2006). "Theater Review: 'How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes'; Listening for Love". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  38. ^ "Simon & Schuster names Jonathan Karp as new CEO". The Hindu. 29 May 2020.

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External audio
audio icon Writer Laura Hillenbrand, Jonathan Karp of Random House: Fresh Air, July 29, 2003, NPR
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