Howard Lapides began his career in radio at age 16 at WYSL-FM in Buffalo, New York. While attending Emerson College in Boston, he produced the top-rated "The Steve Fredericks Show" on WMEX and worked weekends on-air at WEIM in Fitchberg, MA.  After graduation, Lapides worked for the next five years with Baton Broadcasting of Canada, lending his on-air and programming expertise to CKLW, Windsor and CFGO, Ottawa. 

Following his success in radio, Howard became one of Canada's most successful concert promoters. Together with promoters Michael Cohl and Donald Tarlton (Donald K. Donald), he promoted every major act in Canada for ten years.  In the early eighties he fine-tuned his entrepreneurial skills by co-founding Callex International, Inc with his brother, western New York real estate developer Jeff Lapides.  It was one of the first bargain-rate long distance companies (similar to Sprint and MCI) in the United States. After expanding nationwide the company was sold to I.T.T.

As a one-day favor to a friend, Lapides also developed and hosted a post-game talk show on the Buffalo Bills radio network. That one day turned into years of top-rated success with the Bills and WBEN radio.

As co-CEO of the Core, Lapides is now managing writer/producers, talk show hosts, authors, comedians, and actors, as well as executive producing a variety of shows in the United States and Canada.

Howard served as an Executive Producer for Comedy Central’s “The Man Show”.  He was also an Executive Producer of the highly successful show “Loveline” for MTV.  In addition, he is currently developing a number of projects with his producing partner, the legendary network Executive Fred Silverman.

Lapides produced Tom Green’s feature directorial debut, Freddy Got Fingered for New Regency Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox. He also executive produced Stealing Harvard with Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment for Revolution Studios. Lapides also was the creative consultant for Canada’s critically acclaimed talk show “Open Mike” with Mike Bullard on CTV. Partnering with the late Brandon Tartakoff, he also executive produced the pilot “Best Defense” for ABC, starring Lauren Graham and Steve Landesberg.

He has been nominated for two Cable Ace Awards, and his primetime CBC specials have been nominated for numerous Gemini Awards in Canada.

Lapides is a member of the Conference of Personal Managers and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Lapides has also authored a variety of articles for the Hollywood Reporter and Comedy USA. Howard is a regular visiting professor at USC, UCLA, and Emerson College.

Lapides currently resides in Encino, California with his wife Maria, daughter Olivia, and son Max.