Maer Roshan is an Iranian-American editor, writer and entrepreneur who has founded and edited a series of prominent American magazines and websites.
11 Facts About Maer Roshan
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Maer Roshan currently serves as Co-Editor in Chief of The Hollywood Reporter.
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Maer Roshan launched a number of influential national publications including Radar Magazine, Radaronline.
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Maer Roshan has written for The New York Times, the Miami Herald, New York, The New Republic, The Advocate, Details and Harper's Bazaar.
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Maer Roshan was born to an Iranian Jewish father and American mother.
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Maer Roshan's father fled Iran 7 years after and died after arriving in the United States.
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Maer Roshan began his media career in 1989 after graduating from NYU as a crime reporter at the Key West Citizen and launched his first magazine, the gay weekly QW in 1991, at the height of the AIDS crisis, recruiting a prominent group of writers and editors including Andrew Solomon and David Rakoff.
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In 1994, Maer Roshan was hired by Kurt Andersen as Deputy Editor of New York.
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Maer Roshan produced notable features, including the first interview with Donatella Versace after her brother Gianni Versace's murder and the first post-impeachment interview with Monica Lewinsky.
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Maer Roshan secured $10 million in funding from investors including Mort Zuckerman and Jeffrey Epstein, with additional backing from Ron Burkle's Integrity Multimedia.
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In 2019, Maer Roshan was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Los Angeles Magazine, serving until 2022.