January 26th, 2010 → 8:47 am @ Jordan McAuley
The Wall Street Journal published a great story today titled, “Small Businesses Develop Taste for Spotlight on Reality TV Shows.” In the article, WSJ reporter Emily Maltby talks to popular reality show business star Duff Goldman, owner of Baltimore’s Charm City Cakes featured on the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes. In my new book, Celebrity [...]
January 8th, 2010 → 11:27 pm @ Jordan McAuley
Porn Star Sasha Grey is PETA’s newest celebrity spokesperson. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals frequently uses (and goes up against) celebrities to get attention, but this is a new low. To her credit, Sasha is trying to become a mainstream actress. She recently appeared in director Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experiment. First Tiger [...]
February 18th, 2008 → 12:02 am @ Jordan McAuley
A recent issue of Conde Nast Portfolio reveals this* about Britney Spears’ Celebrity Leverage… “Britney Spears has sold 83 million records since the release of her debut album in 1999, bringing in more than $400 million to Jive Records, her recording company. Her tours have grossed nearly $150 million. “Recent court documents suggest she’s amassed [...]
February 17th, 2008 → 12:00 am @ Jordan McAuley
This just in* from New York Magazine about how Celebrity Leverage can affect real estate: “The beaux-arts townhouse on East 62nd Street had been on the market for at least two years, its asking price varying from $31 million to $35 million. However, ‘It wasn’t getting any traffic,’ says listing broker Lee Summers of Sotheby’s [...]
