- Robb Report
The "Robb Report" is a
luxury lifestyle magazine , featuring products for affluentconnoisseurs , such as cars,watches , andreal estate . It was originally started by Robert White as a magazine to complement the purchase of a Rolls-Royce automobile.Robb Report also suggests travel plans, routinely mentioning many wealthy communities including Mission Viejo,
Beverly Hills , La Jolla, Scottsdale, Palm Beach, and Greenwich.A number of other magazines are also published under the Robb Report brand. Including, The Robb Report Collection, Robb Report Vacation Homes, Luxury Home, and "Robb Report MotorCycling". International editions include Robb Report Russia, Robb Report Turkey and Robb Report China.
In 2002 the Robb Report brand was sold to Curtco Media for $30M. TD Capital financed part of the acquisition. After which Curtco was renamed Curtco Robb Media and acquired titles in vertical markets such as Homes, Motorcycles and most notably Worth magazine.
Other publications now owned by CurtCo Media include
San Diego Magazine , Sarasota, Art & Antiques, and Gulfshore Life.Investments Products
On July 30, 2007 Robb Report introduced a new
exchange-traded fund named "The Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury Index ETF" NYSE|ROB. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_30/ai_n19394487 Claymore Securities Launches First Global Luxury ETF] , Business Wire, July 30, 2007 ] The ETF tracks an index that is designed to capture the opportunity created by companies whose primary business is the provision of globalluxury goods and services. The designation of such firms as "luxury" is determined by the publisher of the Robb Report Magazine. The Investment Adviser of the fund is Claymore Advisors, LLC.Robb Report in the Media
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Tony Soprano of "The Sopranos " was shown reading the Robb Report in the episode "Live Free or Die" (aired 4/16/06).
*Ludacris mentions the Robb Report in a line in the song "Spur of the Moment" on the album The Red Light District.
*Jay-Z refers to the Robb Report in two songs: the first is the song "The Watcher 2" on the album . The second is the song "You're Only A Customer" from his 1996 soundtrack albumStreets Is Watching , in which he says "As you thumb through The Source, I read the Robb Report."
*Rapper Common refers to the Robb Report in his song "Drivin Me Wild".
*Kanye West mentions the Robb Report in a line in the remix of the song "Hold On" byDwele
*Kool Keith is looking at the Robb Report in "Extravagant Traveller" on the album "Matthew".
* RapperBlack Rob released an album in 2005 entitledThe Black Rob Report .References
External links
* [http://www.robbreport.com/ The Robb Report]
* [http://www.robbreport.ru/ in Russia]
* [http://www.claymore.com/ Claymore Securities]
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