Rob Shuter

Naughty But Nice Rob (born Robert James Shuter on 16 July 1973, in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a gossip columnist, magazine editor, talk-show host, and author.

Rob Shuter
Born
Robert James Shuter

16 July 1973
Birmingham, England
OccupationTalk show host
Gossip columnist
Media personality
Spouse(s)Bruce Sussman (Married: 29 October 2011)

Overview

In 2007, he left the world of public relations to become executive editor of the struggling American edition of OK! Magazine. As an editor, OK! became the fastest growing magazine in the US, sold its first 1,000,000[1] issue, and resisted competition, including People magazine, delivering exclusive images of Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Alba, Sheryl Crow, Anna Nicole, and Jamie Lynn Spears' baby.[2] OK! also during that time got the first exclusive interview with Britney Spears post breakdown.

In June 2013 Shuter became a cohost on the VH1 daily morning entertainment news and gossip series, The Gossip Table.[3][4]

Personal life

Shuter married Grammy Award winning songwriter Bruce Sussman 29 October 2011.[5]

Career

Public relations

After graduating, Shuter started his first paid job at Bragman Nyman Cafarelli, a large Los Angeles-based public-relations firm that opened a small satellite office in New York City.

At Dan Klores Communications he represented Jennifer Lopez during her breakup with Ben Affleck, Jessica Simpson when she split with Nick Lachey,[6] Alicia Keys, Diddy, Jon Bon Jovi as well as many crisis-management clients including Naomi Campbell and Paris Hilton.

Shuter finally decided he wanted to go out on his own and with Jessica and Ashlee Simpson as clients he left to start up The Shuter Group.

Editing

After representing Us Weekly magazine, Shuter approached his friend and owner of OK! Magazine, Richard Desmond, about them becoming a Shuter Group Client. Instead Richard suggested he close his company and come work for him as executive editor at OK! USA. With little formal experience but great skill for knowing what celebrities were hot he turned OK! into the fastest growing magazine in America. Changed the focus from being celebrity friendly to celebrity fair and made sure all the exclusive wedding and baby pictures they bought would actually result in newsstand sales. The first being Anna Nicole’s baby girl, Dannielynn reunited with her father Larry Birkhead. Additional exclusives included Eva Longoria’s and Katherine Heigl's wedding. Plus first baby pictures of Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Alba, Sheryl Crow, plus Jamie Lynn Spears' shocking pregnancy announcement.

Under Shuter’s tenure, OK! moved from last position in the celebrity weekly market to fifth, overtaking Life and Style in market share. It has since sunk back to last since his departure.

Television - ‘Naughty But Nice With Rob’

After seeing Shuter on television, Mark Cuban's HDNet paid to produce a pilot with Shuter hosting his own half-hour Saturday night talk show.[7] The pilot was shot at New York’s RARE Bar and Grill at the Fashion 26 Hotel in Chelsea with celebrity guest Molly Sims, Teresa from the Real Housewives of New Jersey and the infamous Michael Lohan (who admitted for the first time he was to blame for Lindsay’s situation) The pilot got an immediate green light and production started on 3 November for a 6 November 2010 debut.

Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow have written the theme song to the show, ‘Naughty but Nice With Rob.’ This is only the second time that these Grammy winners have written a theme song for a TV show; the other was ‘American Bandstand’ for Dick Clark.

References
  1. Mediaite
  2. Rob Shuter biography, The Huffington Post.
  3. Puccio, Crystal (21 May 2013). "VH1 Delivers Celeb Scoop Every Morning In Brand New Show The Gossip Table". VH1.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. Black, Elizabeth (4 September 2013). "Get Ready For The Return Of Big Morning Buzz Live With Carrie Keagan And The Gossip TableOn September 30". VH1.com (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. Shuter, Rob. "Rob & Bruce Wedding". Video. Bruce16773. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  6. "Nick & Jessica's Divorce Is Final - Divorced, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey". People.com. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. PopEater, Naughty But Nice

Further reading
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