Jeremy Murphy – NOT READY FOR HIS CLOSE-UP

First Time Author Uses his 20+ Years in Media to Skewer PR and Journalism in a Book Even His Mom is Scared to Read

F*ck Off, Chloe

It was a Wednesday in early September when Jeremy Murphy, a former CBS executive and founder of 360bespoke, received a text from the wife of a very prominent entertainment executive with bad news: he was the subject of a two page “expose” in the National Enquirer alleging his upcoming book “F*ck Off, Chloe: Surviving the OMGs and FMLs in Your Media Career” was a dishy tell all that would reveal all the Hollywood secrets. “That was an experience,” says Murphy, over a glass of Brunello at his favorite restaurant on the Upper East Side. “They reported stars from my CBS days may be scared — and that might be true — but they shouldn’t be. It’s not that kind of book. I mean, it has illustrations. I call it a coloring book for media (expletive).”

Neil Patrick Harris , Juliana Margulies & Christine Baranski

Still, one has to wonder. Murphy spent 14 years traveling the world with stars like LL Cool J (“Nice enough, but has a high maintenance entourage”), Neil Patrick Harris (“The most fun I had at CBS”), Simon Baker (“Standoffish but warms up eventually”), Juliana Margulies (“total class act, and the most beautiful person I’ve ever met”), Michael Weatherly (“A total prankster, and the wittiest and funniest person I ever met”), Christine Baranski (“Exactly as you’d imagine: poised, elegant, charming, and photographs beautifully”), and the cast of The Big Bang Theory (“Four out of five are very nice. The other one was a nightmare.”)

“What I know stays with me,” he says with a smile. “There are a few secrets I could share. Was everyone nice? No. Were some a–holes? Yes. When you work that closely with people you see a lot. But that’s not what the book is about … Now, if the Enquirer offered money …” he says with a smile. “That’s a joke.” He does have one complaint about the tabloid story. “I wish they used a better photo,” he says, laughing. “That was my Tony Soprano phase. I’m much better more better looking nowadays.”

“How to Interview with Anna”

“F*ck Off, Chloe” is generating strong media buzz, including mentions in WWD, Page Six, and other platforms guessing what he’ll share. Among some of the more searing chapters are “How to be Woke,” “Reasons PR People Drink,” “How to Interview with Anna” and “Things Media Care About, But Not Really.”“F*ck Off, Chloe is an attempt at spoofing the media industry through lists, charts and illustrations,” Murphy says. “It’s a humor book that pokes fun at the cultural divide between a younger, entitled generation new to media, who I call ‘The Chloes,’ and pissed off people like me. The only names I include are people you should read and listen to. No one is getting burned. Well, not publicly. But I guess you can read between the lines in some of the descriptions.”

The Good Wife’s , CSI: Miami & NCIS

Publishing a book was never on the radar screen for the writer, who spent 14 years at CBS in various roles, including Vice President, company spokesperson and creator of its glossy magazine Watch, which he ran for a decade. Among his most memorable experiences was a week through Italy with Neil Patrick Harris, including a night on the Orient Express; crashing Valentino’s last fashion show as its designer during Paris Fashion week in 2008 with CSI: Miami actress Eva LaRue; convincing Christian Dior to let CBS photograph NCIS star Cote DePablo in their fall collection months before its debut; and bringing “The Good Wife’s” Julianna Margulies to the Hotel du Cap in the French Riviera for a cover shoot with Patrick Demarchelier. Feeling burned out with the corporate world, he left in 2016 to start 360bespoke, a boutique PR firm in New York.

Hearst Magazines

“It has been very exciting to see Jeremy grow his company from just an idea to a successful enterprise,” said Cathie Black, former Chairwoman of Hearst Magazines. “It’s very different from working for a big network but he has survived, thrived and learned, all the while utilizing his many creative talents. And being a charming, funny, and self-deprecating person is what sets him apart.”

F*ck Off, Chloe: Surviving the OMGs and FMLs in Your Media Career” debuts in March but is already on pre-sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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