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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    The 15 Richest Musicians: From Jay-Z to Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Dr. Dre

    Forbes just released its list of the "World's Most Powerful Celebrities," a somewhat arbitrary compilation that ranks everyone from athletes to movie stars to radio personalities "based on entertainment-related earnings plus media visibility (exposure in print, television, radio and online)." Acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    New York Times Writer Discovers Fisher Island is Almost as Horrible as She Is

    Give Hialeah a break. Fisher Island is actually Miami-Dade's most insufferable neighborhood. Sure, Forbes crowned it as America's #1 Millionaire Capitol, but that doesn't mean it's not an insular and dysfunctional hellhole that turns its nose up even at guests who pay to stay there. New Yorks Times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Sustainotopia Schedule: Eat Up and Learn

    This year's Sustainatopia, takes place April 19-25 throughout Miami. It is one of the largest events in the world for social, financial and environmental sustainability. Its founder, local John Rosser, said it is designed to educate and create global participation and collaboration for folks from al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Nicki Minaj Is Not Down With Coke, Signs Seven-Figure Deal With Pepsi

    Just one week removed from PepsiCo's announcement that Lil Wayne would become the face of Mountain Dew, the multinational corporation's love affair with Young Money talent just became a threesome. Forbes is reporting that Nicki Minaj has singed a "massive," multimillion-dollar deal with Pepsi to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The Winner of the Miami Mascot Madness Tournament: Sebastian the Ibis

    ​Eight of South Florida's finest sports mascot entered the tournament. Close to 600 voters decided the final, and in a stunning landslide, the University of Miami's Sebastian the Ibis has won the title of Miami's Favorite Mascot.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    The Miami Mascot Madness Tournament Final: It's Hurricane vs. Hurricane

    ​The time has come: we've now reached the grand championship match-up of our Miami Mascot Madness Tournament. Despite some close calls in Round One, the match-ups in Round Two were both total blowouts. In fact, when we started this tournament we would have never seen this coming: It's Sebastian th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Miami Mascot Madness Tournament: Vote For Your Favorite Sports Mascot

    ​It's an exciting time in South Florida sports. Both the Heat and Panthers appear to be making strong runs at the playoffs. The UM Women's Basketball team is sure to be a threat in the official March Madness (and the men might make it too). The Dolphins are in the midst of a critical off season. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Florida Business Sues Marlins, Says It Bought Team For $10 Million at Charity Banquet

    ​Somewhere in Florida there is a business named Omeranz & Landsma whose owner, whoever he or she may be, has just the worst sense of humor in all the Sunshine State. Even worse than Connie Mack's campaign manager!Omeranz's owner attended a charity auction hosted by Marlins president David Sams ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    LeBron James Now Only America's Sixth Most Hated Athlete!

    ​Good news for LeBron James! He's now only the sixth most hated professional athlete in America! That's down from second place on Forbes.com's list last year. Hell, as we've previously noted, he's no longer the most hated player in the NBA. That title now belongs to that guy who had exclusive acce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Forbes Ranks Miami as America's Most Miserable City

    ​We're number one, and there's nothing to get excited about. Using criteria that included violent crime, political corruption, foreclosures, and unemployment, Forbes.com has ranked Miami as America's single most miserable city. We're up from second place last year.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Celebrity Chefs' Million Dollar Mansions: Look What Cooking Can Buy

    ​Nearly all celebrity chefs have one thing in common -- a fairytale-like rise from poverty and obscurity to fame and fortune.Paula Deen (who just announced she has type 2 diabetes), was a young bank teller in Savannah, Martha Stewart used to babysit for New York Yankees' kids, and Guy Fieri's big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Miami Workers Are the Happiest Workers in America According to Some Sort of Study

    ​While it may be increasingly difficult to actually secure employment in Miami, those of us who have seem to love our job. That's according to a new study by CareerBliss.com that analyzed more than 43,000 employee reviews across the country. It's actually the second year in a row that Miami took t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Miami Herald Has Less News Aggregation Ethics Than Huffington Post Miami

    ​There's a media fight brewing in Miami between the old paper giant and the new local iteration of a quickly growing Internet media monster. Random Pixels blogger Bill Cooke, ever the keen-eyed instigator, noticed that the recently launched Huffington Post Miami was cribbing quite liberally from M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Fisher Island is Still America's Richest Zip Code, According to Forbes

    ​For years Miami's most exclusive enclave, Fisher Island, reigned as the country's most expensive zip code. Falling real estate prices have knocked it down a few pegs on that list in recent years, but the people who call the insular island home, many of whom probably bought their homes at the heig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Miami is the Worst City in America to Find a Job

    ​Looking for a job? Maybe you should also be looking for a new place to live outside South Florida. Not one, but two job listings sites have run the numbers and declared that the Miami metro area is the worst place to find a job in America. Sure, there may be places with higher unemployment, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Co-Owner Matthew Glazier Dishes on Kane Steakhouse Changes

    Photo by Laine Doss​What was the impetus behind the departure of executive chef Daniel Ganem from Kane Steakhouse in South Beach? Matthew Glazier, president of The Glazier Group and co-owner of Kane, candidly told Short Order, "We weren't happy with what was coming out of the kitchen. We saw the ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    Jay-Z and Eminem top Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and Drake

    Photo by Laine Doss​What was the impetus behind the departure of executive chef Daniel Ganem from Kane Steakhouse in South Beach? Matthew Glazier, president of The Glazier Group and co-owner of Kane, candidly told Short Order, "We weren't happy with what was coming out of the kitchen. We saw the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Jay-Z Is King of the Hip-Hop Throne

    Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke declares the best MCs in hip-hop.After listening to the new Jay-Z and Kanye West album, Watch the Throne, I was left ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Miami Is the Sixth Most Expensive City to Visit in America

    The pool at the Mondrian hotel​Want to have an out-of-town friend who is strapped for cash pay you a visit sometime soon? Well, you better offer your futon, because according to a new ranking from Forbes.com, based on average hotel room price, Miami is the sixth most expensive city to visit in Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Miami Ranked in Top Five Cities for Minority Entrepreneurs

    ​Forbes thinks that one of the best ways to lead America out of it's mounting debt is to spark long-term financial growth, and they think encouraging entrepreneurship among minorities is one of the best ways to generate that growth. Of course, like everything Forbes.com does, they've accompanied t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    Back in Black History

    ​Forbes thinks that one of the best ways to lead America out of it's mounting debt is to spark long-term financial growth, and they think encouraging entrepreneurship among minorities is one of the best ways to generate that growth. Of course, like everything Forbes.com does, they've accompanied t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    LeBron Increased Value of Heat by 17%, Dropped Cavs' by 26%

    ​The Miami Heat may be the most talked about NBA team this season, but they aren't the most valuable. However, the signing of LeBron James and Chris Bosh saw the team's value increase by 17 percent since last year, according to Forbes.com. That's the biggest increase in value over one year in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Miami Named Third Worst Job Market in the Country by Forbes

    ​It's not a particularly great time to be unemployed in America right now, a fact far too many of us know first hand, and if you're looking for a job in South Florida things aren't looking too good. Forbes.com has ranked Miami as the third worst job market in the country. Though, the site cites an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Jay-Z in Miami Tonight (via Satelite) to Discuss "Decoded"

    Ben Baker/Redux via Forbes.comJay-Z's gonna be a Forbes-rated billionaire.​The Miami Music Festival (yawn) came to a close on Sunday, as the Miami International Book Fair kicked off its week-long series of literary events with George W. Bush (read about it). But tonight via satellite from the New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Miami Ranked Sixth Most Stressed City

    via​Miami is a popular travel destination for those looking to let loose of stress -- what, with our beaches, dance clubs, and plentiful cocktails. But apparently locals need some de-stressers a lot more than most tourists. According to the latest Forbes.com listicle, Miami is the sixth most stres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Miami Ranked Ninth Coolest City by Uncool Forbes Poll

    via Robot Academy​Forbes.com has decided to rank America's "coolest" cities (and they don't mean by temperature) using the decidedly square methods of polling. Miami made the top ten, so we're not exactly complaining, but somehow our Sunshine State sister Orlando came in three places higher, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Migration Data Shows Northeasterners Continue to Invade Miami While Miamians Move North to the South

    via Forbes.com​Forbes.com has a fascinating interactive map up that uses IRS data from 2008 to show the migration of Americans on a county-to-county basis. Above is that data for Miami-Dade. Red lines represent migration patterns where more Miamians moved to a county than people from that county m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Miami Ranked 69th Best City for Moms (Giggity), Hialeah Ranked Worst in South Florida

    Fictional Miami mothers from Meet the Fockers. Yeah, it was either this or The Golden GirlsThe Daily Beast is beginning to rival Forbes.com for the number of inane city rankings list, but why should we complain? It gives us easy blog fodder. In honor of Mother's Day, Tina Brown's Internet conce ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Marlins rip out the Teal Monster to make a few bucks

    Fictional Miami mothers from Meet the Fockers. Yeah, it was either this or The Golden GirlsThe Daily Beast is beginning to rival Forbes.com for the number of inane city rankings list, but why should we complain? It gives us easy blog fodder. In honor of Mother's Day, Tina Brown's Internet conce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Can The Marlins Sink Any Lower To Make A Buck? Yes They Can!

    Marlins fans, that proud clan of several hundred clad in teal and black, didn't spend their off-season dreaming of free-agent fire-throwers. Just because zillions of your tax dollars are paying for their new stadium doesn't mean the Marlins plan to stop winning the World Series of Cheapskatery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Miami Tops Forbes List of U.S. Cities in "Free Fall"

    a piece by Li Wei​Forbes.com is always busy making their lists, and Miami has finally taken the number one spot on one. Unfortunately it's called "Ten U.S. Cities In Free Fall."Miami boasts a popular South Beach club scene, Art Deco Architecture, and perhaps the best Cuban food in the country ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Miami Is the Sixth Most Miserable City in America

    ​We dreamed a dream in time gone by. When hope was high and life worth living. But the corrupt politicians come at night with their voices soft as thunder. As they tear your mortgages apart and they turn your job to shame.Yes, we here in Miami are apparently les misérables. So miserable, in fact, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Dems Compliment Charlie Crist on his "Good Hair and Nice Tan," Blast Him on Everything Else

    Charlie Crist is such an upbeat fellow that I'm sure he'll appreciate the fact that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee just sent out an email touting the Gov's silver fox-ish good looks citing his "Good Hair and Nice Tan." He might be a little sad that it comes as part of a compliment sand ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Virtual Book Tour Hits Books & Books

    Has your favorite author visited Miami for the last time?

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    The Fall of a Titan

    A downtown Miami firm allegedly helped build an $8 billion Ponzi scheme. It could have been stopped.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    South Florida Mom Wins Dream Dinners Recipe Contest

    Dream Dinners, "the original dinner assembly store," is a company with franchises in 31 states that has appeared on the Dr. Phil show, in the pages of the New York Times, on Forbes.com and in more momazines than you can shake a spatula at. Dream Dinners provides you with the means to put together a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    US News Names Manny Diaz One of America's Best Leaders

    From the amount of buzz Manny Diaz has generated in the past year, you'd think he was the greatest mayor ever. Sure, he's amazing in comparison to some of the other wackos who have held his job, but damn, this city still has a lot of problems. US News & World Report's annual "America's Best Leader ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    Florida Panthers and Prodigy Jay Bouwmeester Toil in Obscurity

    That's South Florida sports for you.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Miami is Clean???

    That's South Florida sports for you.

  • Music

    February 21, 2008

    Snares Trap

    Venetian Snares gives New Times his first U.S. interview in two years.

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    No Garden Party

    Killings and slum conditions are just the beginning

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    The Fat of the Lens

    From man-breasts and money comes a local documentary film star

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    On the Block

    In an act of audacious short-sightedness, Miami is offering its finest bayfront property to the highest bidder

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    DeFede

    The Real Micky Arison

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Bull in the Market

    South Florida philanthropist Richard Bronson built his fortune on the shady side of Wall Street

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    Ten Questions for Micky

    South Florida philanthropist Richard Bronson built his fortune on the shady side of Wall Street

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Ivy League Hucksters!

    South Florida philanthropist Richard Bronson built his fortune on the shady side of Wall Street

  • News

    February 15, 1996

    Moments in Time

    Cops, firemen, dogs, the circus: Photographer Jill Freedman deftly documents life's little happenings

  • News

    November 23, 1995

    Letters for the Issue of November 23, 1995

    Cops, firemen, dogs, the circus: Photographer Jill Freedman deftly documents life's little happenings

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    Bedia

    As one of the most acclaimed Cuban artists of his generation, Jose Bedia is already in the spotlight. But the illumination he's looking for is something slightly different.

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