Dylan Howard was born on 19 January 1982 and is an entertainment journalist and media executive.
44 Facts About Dylan Howard
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Dylan Howard is best known for his work as editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer tabloid between 2014 and 2020, a period in which he oversaw a number of scandals involving powerful figures.
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Dylan Howard is the CEO of Empire Media Group, Inc which owns 12 digital and print brands.
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Dylan Howard is the chairman and CEO of Pantheon Media Group which publishes Grazia around the world.
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Previously, Howard was the editor-in-chief and chief content officer at American Media, Inc from 2013 to 2020.
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Dylan Howard is known for spearheading some of the most explosive celebrity exposes in America's entertainment industry.
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Dylan Howard has developed shows for Investigation Discovery, TLC, and REELZ.
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The younger of two brothers, Dylan Howard, grew up in the coastal city of Geelong, Victoria.
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Dylan Howard began his studies at Western Heights College and RMIT University before moving to Deakin.
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Dylan Howard holds a BA in journalism from Deakin University in Australia.
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Dylan Howard started his journalism career as a teenager in 1999, writing for The Geelong Advertiser, a daily newspaper circulating in Victoria, Australia, and the Bellarine Peninsula.
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Dylan Howard wrote an opinion column through 2008 for the Saturday edition, Sports Section, titled "Howard's Way".
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Dylan Howard left the Geelong Advertiser and worked for a brief stint in New York for celebrity photo agency Big Pictures, owned by Geelong native, Australian media personality and politician Darryn Lyons.
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Dylan Howard returned to Australia and worked for TNT, a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania.
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Dylan Howard was a sportscaster for Australian radio stations, SEN 1116 and 3AW.
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Dylan Howard joined Seven News in 2004 as a sports reporter and producer.
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Dylan Howard's primary reporting focus was on the Australian Rules Football League, but during the summer months, he would present the Melbourne evening sports bulletin.
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In 2008, Dylan Howard published a controversial AFL story that involved paying for and publishing two footballers' medical records and the confidential details of their drug use.
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In July 2010, Dylan Howard broke the Mel Gibson audiotape scandal after obtaining the expletive-laden recordings between Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva.
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In early 2012, Dylan Howard joined BuzzMedia as editor-in-chief of Celebuzz.
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Dylan Howard rose through the ranks to become vice president and chief content officer at AMI.
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Dylan Howard left the company on 31 March 2020, after his contract expired.
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Dylan Howard oversaw AMI's acquisitions of Us Weekly from Wenner and Bauer Media.
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On 6 October 2020 Dylan Howard was announced as the US publisher and chief executive officer of global fashion media brand, Grazia.
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On 25 March 2021, Dylan Howard announced he had formed the media conglomerate, Empire Media Group, Inc.
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Dylan Howard announced the acquisition of several other publications including; Yoga MagBook, How It Works, and All About Space amongst others.
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Dylan Howard appeared in, and executive produced the 3-part mini-series "JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery" on Investigation Discovery and was the most-watched series in the history of the network.
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Dylan Howard has made guest appearances on Dr Phil, Entertainment Tonight, and Good Morning America.
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Dylan Howard executive produced and created the podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, a Webby award-winning investigation into the actress' death.
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Dylan Howard executive produced, The Killing of Marilyn Monroe, Killing JonBenet Ramsay: The Final Suspects, and Epstein: Devil in The Darkness amongst others.
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Dylan Howard was named the 2011 Entertainment Journalist of the Year at the Los Angeles Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
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Dylan Howard is a twelve-time NEJA winner and 14-time finalist.
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Bezos published an email Dylan Howard had sent to his attorney describing various intimate photographs, including a "below the belt selfie" they had in their possession.
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The Washington Post later corrected its reporting, stating Dylan Howard never admitted he, "bought and buried a story to influence the presidential election in favor of Donald Trump" and it was unclear if Dylan Howard was ever investigated for that offense.
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The New York Times reported on 23 August 2018 that Dylan Howard was cooperating with federal investigators examining hush payments made by Michael Cohen to the two women on behalf of President Donald Trump.
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Dylan Howard retained famed libel lawyer Paul Tweed, who disputed the allegations.
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However, Stormy Daniels' lawyer Keith Davidson stated during court testimony that Dylan Howard was "washing his hands" of having a direct role in the $130,000 hush money payment to Daniels and would instead encourage Davidson to reach out to Cohen.
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Dylan Howard provided this information to Weinstein at the time Weinstein was denying any harassment claims and did so to maintain a strong working relationship with Weinstein due to "mutual business interests" a lawyer for Dylan Howard said.
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Dylan Howard stated that he pursued Weinstein's request "as a courtesy" but refused to publish any material about the subject, resisting each of Weinstein's "repeated efforts" to have Dylan Howard publish favourable stories about him or unfavourable stories about his accusers.
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On 7 March 2018, Dylan Howard successfully sued Nine Network's 60 Minutes after they unlawfully trespassed on private property and attempted to question him about the Weinstein story in his New York office lobby.
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On 22 April 2016, issue of The Hollywood Reporter, Dylan Howard wrote a firsthand account of how he exposed that actor Charlie Sheen was HIV positive.
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Dylan Howard recounted Sheen threatening him on a telephone call and said in the months after publication, he had to employ personal security.
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At 6 pm AEST Dylan Howard went on air and named the club that the two players played for.
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In December 2017, Dylan Howard purchased a house in East Hampton, NY valued at $1.1million USD.