Ocean Drive Magazine

Plum TV Bought Out of Bankruptcy by LXTV Founders

​Plum TV will live to see another day. After filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, the tiny cable channel aimed at the ultra-rich has now been bought by Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan, the original founders of another luxury cable network, LXTV.

Plum TV Bought Up Out of Bankruptcy by LXTV Founders

Plum TV will live to see another day. After filing for bankruptcy earlier this year the tiny cable channel aimed at the ultra-rich has now been bought by  Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan, the original founders of another luxury cable network LXTV.

Scott Storch's Top Ten Cocaine Bangers and Blow Ballads

​Yesterday, Crossfade reported on prolific pop/rap producer Scott Storch's recent arrest for cocaine possession in a Las Vegas hotel. The story was simple: Homeboy didn't want to pay his bill (probably because he spent all of his money on coke) and when the cops rolled up they found a few grams le ... More >>

Jerry Powers Suing Plum TV Founders

​Back when Jerry Powers agreed to take the reigns as CEO of Plum TV, he had to pay Niche Media, the luxury publishing company he sold Ocean Drive magazine to, $3.5 million to get out of a non-compete clause in his contract. Now that he's resigned from Plum TV after claiming he was misled about the ... More >>

South Florida politicans' most memorable racial slurs

​Back when Jerry Powers agreed to take the reigns as CEO of Plum TV, he had to pay Niche Media, the luxury publishing company he sold Ocean Drive magazine to, $3.5 million to get out of a non-compete clause in his contract. Now that he's resigned from Plum TV after claiming he was misled about the ... More >>

A Short History Of Ignorant Bigotry In South Florida Politics

The Reid Report blogDavid Leven in his car before he hurls slurs.​After North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre's wife caught unhinged activist David Leven on camera calling her the politically incorrect words for -- excuse our French -- African-American, female dog, and the feminine sexual organ, Banana R ... More >>

Behind Restaurant Tweets, Part Two

​Since it opened in Midtown Miami, Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill has been well known in the local "twitterverse" for its interaction with followers and diners. Responses are so immediate and personalized you have to wonder if someone's hiding somewhere in the restaurant monitoring it all. No on ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of January 15, 2009

"Call me skeptical of every piece of logic that comes from the Latin Builders Association's lobbyist."

John Timoney, America’s Worst Cop

He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

Lyre Lyre

You can hear an art history lecture in this town, and read Ocean Drive for free too

Dirty Purdy

There’s a passel of crazy peeps at the Purdy Lounge

Luxury Lounge

Mad swag, flaunting felines, and Burger King as haute cuisine

Letters from the Issue of February 23, 2006

I am very proud to serve this diverse city

Disintegration

Marcy Hine had everything going for her; then she killed herself

Letters from the Issue of March 17, 2005

Glitz and glam, rude boys, lost kids, and raging restaurateurs

Thou Art a Villain

Glitz and glam, rude boys, lost kids, and raging restaurateurs

BEST PARTY OF THE YEAR

Official Latin Grammys afterparty

September 3, 2003

Chronicle of a CocoWalk Death Foretold

Goings-on in the Grove and the passing of Sheldon's

Life After WMC

For dance fans, postconference South Beach can be a depressing place to be -- but don't give up hope yet

Density Turns on the Radio

WLRN grovels; school board makes vote count

Good Life

The Magic City was magical in 2003

Where's Paris?

America's favorite babe bypasses party in her honor

The Hunt for Bubbly

Taking the town by Dom Pérignon storm

Letters from the Issue of October 23, 2003

Taking the town by Dom Pérignon storm

Letters from the Issue of June 5 - 11, 2003

Best Drag Queen, Best Free Publicity, Best Party Pooper

Code Orange

It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine

The Rope Is in Your Mind

Doormen share the secret to cracking the Clubland Matrix

As Nasty as He Wants To Be

Miami Beach sours on Luther Campbell's Memorial Day freak show

Dining from A to Zagat

The man behind the famous food guide eats up Miami

In Clubland

Beach Witch Project, Champagne

A South Beach Love Story

A playboy's steamy sexual liaison leads to a tangled investigation and a police feud

Bull in the Market

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

Birth of a Station

Celebrated by a nationwide cavalcade of hype, Barry Diller's revolutionary new WAMI-TV hits the air. The verdict? Click.

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Paradise Found

British author Alexander Stuart exiled himself to South Beach before writing the aptly titled Life on Mars

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British author Alexander Stuart exiled himself to South Beach before writing the aptly titled Life on Mars

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British author Alexander Stuart exiled himself to South Beach before writing the aptly titled Life on Mars

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British author Alexander Stuart exiled himself to South Beach before writing the aptly titled Life on Mars

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British author Alexander Stuart exiled himself to South Beach before writing the aptly titled Life on Mars

Mission Impala

British author Alexander Stuart exiled himself to South Beach before writing the aptly titled Life on Mars

The Powers Behind Ocean Drive

For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

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For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

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For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

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For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

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For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

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For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

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For South Beach publishing magnate Jerry Powers, life wasn't always marked by glamour and upstanding citizenship. Some would argue it still isn't.

Kramer's Donor Boner

South Pointe Elementary officials were thrilled with the $100,000 check. They'd be even happier if they could cash it.

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South Pointe Elementary officials were thrilled with the $100,000 check. They'd be even happier if they could cash it.

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South Pointe Elementary officials were thrilled with the $100,000 check. They'd be even happier if they could cash it.