Editing Howard Stern (section)

===1993–1994: ''Private Parts'' and run for Governor of New York===
After ''The Adventures of Fartman'' was shelved, Buchwald started to pitch deals with book publishers as "there was a perception that [Stern] had taken a hit&nbsp;... we thought of the book as something that would both produce income and suggest to people that Howard had economic clout".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=221}} In early 1993, Stern signed a deal with [[Simon & Schuster]] worth around $1&nbsp;million to write his first book, ''[[Private Parts (book)|Private Parts]]''.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=222–223}} He spent the summer writing it with collaborator [[Larry Sloman|Larry "Ratso" Sloman]] and editor [[Judith Regan]], calling the experience "the most challenging thing I have ever done in my career".{{sfn|Luerssen|2009|p=94}} Upon its release on October 7, 1993, ''Private Parts'' was an immediate commercial success. The entire first print of 225,000 copies sold within hours. In five days, it became the fastest selling title in the history of Simon & Schuster.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1993-10-23-9310230382-story.html |date= October 23, 1993 |first= Ed |last= Bark |title= The Bad-word Man |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |access-date= February 4, 2022 }}</ref> Over one million copies were distributed after two weeks.<ref name=mills/>{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=222–223}} ''Private Parts'' entered [[New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best-Seller list]] at number one and stayed on the list for 20 weeks.<ref name=carter>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/11/business/media/11stern.html |first= Bill |last= Carter |title= Where Some See Just a Shock Jock, Sirius Sees a Top Pitchman |access-date= April 8, 2010 |date= October 11, 2004 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Stern held book signings across the country, with sessions lasting as long as seven hours.<ref name=stone1994/> The first, held in New York City, was attended by an estimated ten thousand people.{{sfn|Colford|1997|pp=222–223}}
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In its twentieth anniversary issue in 1993, ''Radio & Records'' named Stern "the most influential air personality of the past two decades".{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=254}} In February 1994, Stern was featured in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine for his first of three cover stories.<ref name=stone1994>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/howard-stern-man-or-mouth-rolling-stones-1994-cover-story-83899/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title= Howard Stern: Man or Mouth? Rolling Stone's 1994 Cover Story |date= March 16, 2011 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |first= Rick |last= Marin }}</ref> That year, ''Billboard'' magazine added the Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year category to its annual awards, based on "entertainment value, creativity, and ratings success";<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= Honoring Best In Broadcasting |date= October 21, 2000 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 89 |issn= 0006-2510 |volume= 112 |issue= 43 |access-date= July 20, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89 }}</ref> Stern was awarded the title each year from 1994 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title= WLTW, KKBT, KROQ, WQYK Lead Billboard Radio Awards |first= Steven |last= Graybow |date= March 30, 2002 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 78 |volume= 114 |issue= 13 |issn= 0006-2510 |access-date= July 20, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title= Radio Awards Dial Up First-Time Winners |first= Steven |last= Graybow |date= February 22, 2003 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 47 |volume= 115 |issue= 8 |issn= 0006-2510 |access-date= March 26, 2010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47 }}</ref> In late 1993, Stern urged his listeners to elect [[Christine Todd Whitman]] as [[Governor of New Jersey]] after Stern promised to support the first candidate to phone in his radio show. In March 1995, following her election success, Whitman named a highway rest stop after Stern in exchange for his endorsement on [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–New Jersey)|Interstate 295]], south of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], New Jersey. A $1,000 plaque was installed at the stop, which was stolen days later and mailed to Stern.<ref>{{cite news |last= Davis |first= Mark |title= Ladies And Gentlemen, It's The Shock Jock Pit Stop. Howard Stern Finds His Place In Posterity |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date= January 27, 1995 |url= http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-27/news/25711238_1_howard-stern-shock-jock-jim-florio |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626162822/http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-27/news/25711238_1_howard-stern-shock-jock-jim-florio |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 26, 2015 |access-date= July 29, 2015 }}</ref> The rest area closed in 2003 as part of budget cuts by Governor [[Jim McGreevey]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern rest stop closed, New Jersey cites $1 million in savings |agency= [[Associated Press]] |work= [[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]] |via= [[National Organization for Women|National Organization for Women New Jersey]] |date= February 6, 2003 |url= http://www.nownj.org/njNews/2003/0206%20Howard%20Stern%20rest%20stop%20closed.htm |access-date= July 29, 2015 |archive-date= January 30, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160130072915/http://www.nownj.org/njNews/2003/0206%20Howard%20Stern%20rest%20stop%20closed.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Stern held his second pay-per-view special, ''[[The Miss Howard Stern New Year's Eve Pageant]]'', on December 31, 1993. The show centered around a mock beauty pageant with celebrity judges to crown the first "Miss Howard Stern". An estimated 400,000 households purchased the show for a gross of $16&nbsp;million, breaking the subscriber record for a non-sports event held by a [[New Kids on the Block]] concert in 1990.<ref name=mills>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/24/business/he-keeps-giving-new-meaning-to-gross-revenue.html?pagewanted=all |last= Mills |first= Joshua |title= He Keeps Giving New Meaning To Gross Revenue |work=[[The New York Times]] |date= October 24, 1993 |access-date= May 5, 2010 }}</ref> The ''[[New York Post]]'' called it "The most disgusting two hours in the history of television".<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.ew.com/article/1994/01/21/howard-sterns-new-years-eve-pageant-tv-special-may-alter-his-career |last= Svetkey |first= Benjamin |title= Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Pageant TV special may alter his career |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= January 21, 1994 |access-date= August 20, 2010 }}</ref> The show was released for home video in early 1994, entitled ''Howard Stern's New Year's Rotten Eve 1994''. It cost Stern a second television deal with Fox after network executives had disliked the content of the event and ceased discussions.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4208112.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170820034918/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4208112.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 20, 2017 |title= Fox, Stern Nix Plans for Talk Show |date= January 6, 1994 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |first= Verne |last= Gay |url-access=  |access-date= August 19, 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:"Howard Stern Libertarian Party" (8912489145) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Stern at the Libertarian Party convention during his candidacy for Governor of New York]]
During his radio show on March 22, 1994, Stern announced his candidacy for [[Governor of New York]] under the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] ticket, challenging [[Mario Cuomo]] for re-election.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=232}} Stern planned to reinstate the [[death penalty]], remove highway tolls to improve traffic flow and limit road work to graveyard shifts hours. Stern announced that once those three goals were accomplished, he would resign and pass the governorship to his lieutenant.<ref>{{cite web |title= Stern Message |date= July 1994 |magazine=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |url= http://reason.com/archives/1994/07/01/stern-message |first= Nick |last= Gillespie |access-date= August 20, 2010 }}</ref> At the party's nomination convention on April 23, Stern won the required two-thirds majority on the first ballot, receiving 287 of the 381 votes cast; James Ostrowski finished second with 34 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1996 |title=Stern gets nomination |pages=1, 16 |work=Libertarian Party News |url=http://lpedia.org/w/images/d/d0/LPNews_1994-6_V9-N6.pdf |access-date=June 19, 2022}}</ref> To place his name on the final ballot, Stern was obliged to state his home address and complete a financial disclosure form under the [[Ethics in Government Act]]. Stern applied for an [[injunction]] as he wished to avoid stating his income; the request was denied by a judge on August 2.{{sfn|Colford|1997|p=243}} Stern withdrew his candidacy in an on-air press conference two days later, saying: "I spend 25 hours a week telling you all the most intimate details of my life&nbsp;... One fact I've never revealed is how much I make and how much money I have&nbsp;... it's none of your business".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-05-mn-23782-story.html |title= Howard Stern Ends Bid for Governor; Won't Divulge Data |date= August 5, 1994 |access-date= February 4, 2022 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> In the [[1994 New York gubernatorial election|gubernatorial election]] on November 8, Cuomo was defeated by [[George Pataki]], whom Stern backed. In August 1995, Pataki signed a bill that limited construction on state roads to night hours in New York City and Long Island, which was named the "Howard Stern Bill" in honor of Stern originally proposing the plan.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/howard-stern-his-wife-allison-his-talk-show-co-host-robin-news-photo/97261180 |title= Howard Stern, his wife, Allison; his talk show co-host, Robin Quivers, and Gov. Geroge [sic] Pataki (l. to r.) arrive at a Grand Central Parkway gas station to sign the Howard Stern Bill. |date= August 2, 1995 |work=The New York Daily News |via=[[Getty Images]] |access-date= February 13, 2015 }}</ref> Stern has since felt "firmly opposed" to the death penalty.{{sfn|Stern|Sloman|1996|p=422}}

In June 1994, Stern founded the Howard Stern Production Company for "original film and television production enterprises as well as joint production and development ventures". He intended to assist in a feature film adaptation of ''Brother Sam'', the biography of comedian [[Sam Kinison]] written by his brother.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KOcTAAAAIBAJ&dq=howard-stern-production&pg=4647%2C1535965 |title= Entertainment News |newspaper= [[Star-Banner]] |date= June 24, 1994 |access-date= April 9, 2010 |page= 17 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the same month, the E! network began to air weekday highlights from Stern's radio show using cameras installed in the studio.<ref>{{cite news |title= Howard Stern to Star, Condensed, on TV |date= June 1, 1994 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/01/arts/howard-stern-to-star-condensed-on-tv.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date= July 29, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Howard Stern (E! show)|Howard Stern]]'' ran for eleven years; the last original episode aired on July 8, 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title= Stern cancels E! ticket |first= Denise |last= Martin |date= June 21, 2005 |url= https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/stern-cancels-e-ticket-2-1117924855/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= July 29, 2010 }}</ref>