It was two years ago when a lot of excitement hovered over Maxim magazine and its new owner Sardar Biglari. Sure the new owner was also the owner of a steak restaurant chain but there was hope for Maxim. Sardar Biglari was hiring some pretty big guns to come in to run his magazine. He
brought in Kate Lanphear to lead the editorial charge as well as a makeover. Ms. Lanphear has since been ushered out. He then brought in Details magazine publisher
Kevin Martinez hooked by a sweet annual salary to lead the business side as VP and Publisher. Mr. Martinez was so sure about Maxim that he even
raided his old company Conde Nast to build his new team at Maxim. But after just two years, a failed relaunch of the magazine and an owner who keeps stirring the pot to the point of appointing himself editor in chief, Kevin Martinez had enough and quietly left the company on January 29.
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