# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-pareles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:42:10.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-pareles"
name: "Jon Pareles"
slug: "jon-pareles"
description: "Jon Pareles is an American journalist. He was chief popular music critic in the arts section of The New York Times from 1988 to 2025."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_Pareles_-_Times_Talks_-_12_January_2008_(edited).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.910082666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JonPareles"
    handle:    "JonPareles"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1191996/"
    handle:    "nm1191996"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چون پاريليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pareles"
    title: "Jon Pareles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pareles"
    title: "Jon Pareles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pareles"
    title: "Jon Pareles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pareles"
    title: "Jon Pareles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pareles"
    title: "Jon Pareles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Парелес, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6271357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1662626"
    title: "Jon Pareles"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump