, then owner of the
New York Observer Kaplan's early career started at
The New York Times,
Esquire and
Manhattan, inc. magazine where he served under both editors,
Jane Amsterdam and
Clay Felker. In the early 1990s he served as an editorial director at
Condé Nast Traveler and a producer at
The Charlie Rose Show. He then served as editor-in-chief of the
New York Observer, from 1994 to 2009. At the
Observer, Kaplan worked with the following writers: • Gossip columnist Frank DiGiacomo •
New York Times book critic Alexandra Jacobs •
New Yorker staff writer Nick Paumgarten •
Choire Sicha, the founder of
The Awl •
Candace Bushnell—whose column "Sex and the City," which Kaplan named himself, became a pop culture sensation even as the paper that printed it remained relatively obscure. •
Gabriel Sherman, the media reporter who chronicled Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes' effect on presidential politics in his book,
The Loudest Voice in the Room. Sherman is now national affairs editor at
New York magazine. • Sunday
New York Post editor and
New York Post Managing Editor Lauren Ramsby •
New York Times Editor and writer Jim Windolf ==Media appearances==