RATINGS-OBSESSED WORLD

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on June 8th, 2013 We live in a ratings-obsessed world: is the  only way to achieve strong ratings these days through extremes? American Idol’s ratings soar when a contestant is discovered to have been jailed in their past, not because they sing well. People love those Mob Wife’s when they get into… [Read More]

MAKE IT UP: IT'S CABLE TV!

CNBC host asks a reporter for comment on Durable Goods data: He had none…the anchor says:  “Make something up: it’s CABLE TV!” How real!

LEFRAK SAYS FUTURE IS BRIGHTER THAN THE PAST

Posted by Leonard Steinberg on December 5, 2011 Richard Le Frak, one of New York/New Jersey’s great developers and owner of some 16million square feet of property, not to mention his company’s stellar and consistent ranking in the Forbes Top 400 privately held companies, said to-day on CNBC with some conviction: “As of to-day the… [Read More]