FAME GAME, the popular website that analyzes social and media attention, has revealed their top searches for 2008 and Niche Media is at the top of the ranks. Niche Media ranked the highest in the following Categories for 2008:

• Top Organization Profiles of 2008: Gotham Magazine and Hamptons Magazine….
  
  
• 2008 Most Visited Organization Profiles: Niche Media’s Gotham Magazine under the leadership of Cristina Greeven Cuomo…
  
  
• Top NY Media Power Brokers: Niche Media’s Jason Binn…
  
  
• Top New York Magazine Editors: Cristina Greeven Cuomo (Gotham, Hamptons)…
  
  
• Top New York Newspaper Gossip Columnists/Society Contributors: Niche Media contributors Debbie Bancroft, R. Couri Hay, and Jeff Slonim…

Please see below for a complete list of category winners:

Top Ranked People Profiles of 2008: (1) Mayor Michael Bloomberg, (2) Anna Wintour, (3) Derek Blasberg, (4) Fabiola Beracasa, (5) Marc Jacobs, (6) Kristian Laliberte, (7) Lindsay Lohan, (8) Martha Stewart, (9) Emma Snowdon-Jones, (10) Paris Hilton.

Top Fashion Designers: (1) Marc Jacobs, (2) Calvin Klein, ((3) Tory Burch, ((4) Diane von Furstenberg, (5) Zac Posen, (6) Donna Karan, (7) Vera Wang, (8) Ralph Lauren, (9) Dennis Basso, (10) Peter Som.

Top Fashion Influentials: (1) Anna Wintour, (2) Fern Mallis, (3) Meredith Melling Burke, (4) Linda Fargo, (5) Andre Leon Talley, (6) Nina Garcia, (7) Hamish Bowles, (8) Roopal Patel, (9) Tom Florio, (10) Candy Pratts Price.

Top New York Politicos: (1) Mayor Michael Bloomberg, (2) Andrew Cuomo, (3) Hillary Clinton, (4) Rudy Giuliani, (5) Bill Clinton, (6) Eliot Spitzer, (7) Ray Kelly, (8) Christine Quinn, (9) Bobby Kennedy Jr., (10) Governor David Paterson.

Top New York Magazine Editors: (1) Anna Wintour (Vogue), (2) Martha Stewart (Martha Stewart), (3) Glenda Bailey (Harper’s Bazaar), (4) Pamela Fiori (Town & Country), (5) David Zinczenko (Men’s Health), (6) Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair), (7) Margaret Russell (Elle Decor), (8) Cristina Greeven Cuomo (Niche Media, Gotham, Hamptons), (9) Deborah Needleman (Domino), (10) Oprah Winfrey (O).

Top New York Patrons of the Arts/Philanthropy: (1) Gillian Miniter, (2) Lisa Anastos, (3) Somers Farkas, (4) Beth Rudin de Woody, (5) Mark Gilbertson, (6) Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, (7) Patty Raynes, (8) Valesca Guerrand Hermes, (9) Muffie Potter Aston, (10) Joanne de Guardiola.

Top New York Famous Children: (1) Ivanka Trump, (2) Liam McMullan, (3) Lydia Hearst, (4) Lauren Bush, (5) Charlotte Ronson, (6) Dylan Lauren, (7) Amanda Hearst, (8) Gillian Hearst Simonds, (9) Samantha Ronson, (10) Mark Ronson.

Top Movers and Shakers: High Profile Divorces and Child Custody Spats: (1) Christie Brinkley, (2) Ron Perelman, (3) Patricia Duff, (4) Blaine Trump, (5) Peter Cook, (6) Heather Mills, (7) Marie Douglas David, (8) George David, (9) Carole Rome, (10) Todd Rome.

Top News Anchors/Media Personalities: (1) Katie Couric, (2) Barbara Walters, (3) Anderson Cooper, (4) Al Roker, (5) Bryant Gumbel, (6) Brian Williams, (7) Matt Lauer, (8) Deborah Roberts, (9) Christiane Amanpour, (10) Poppy Harlow.

Top Entertainment Celebrities: (1) Lindsay Lohan, (2) Paris Hilton, (3) Nicole Richie, (4) Tom Cruise, (5) Molly Sims, (6) Brooke Shields, (7) Mary Kate Olsen, (8) Anne Hathaway, (9) Julianne Moore, (10) Naomi Watts.

Top New York Newspaper Gossip Columnists/Society Contributors: (1) Debbie Bancroft (Avenue, Hamptons, Niche Media), (2) R. Couri Hay (Niche Media), (3) Jeff Slonim (Niche Media, People), (4) Michael Musto (Village Voice), (5) Liz Smith (New York Post), (6) David Patrick Columbia (New York Social Diary), (7) Lloyd Grove (Portfolio, New York Magazine), (8) George Rush (New York Daily News), (9) Cindy Adams (New York Post), (10) Joanne Molloy (New York Daily News).

Top NY Media Power Brokers (Top 5): (1) Richard Johnson (New York Post/Page Six), (2) Jared Kushner (The New York Observer), (3) Tina Brown (The Daily Beast), (4) Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), (5) Jason Binn (Niche Media).

Top Business Moguls (Top 5): (1) Donald Trump, (2) Rupert Murdoch, (3) Harvey Weinstein, (4) Barry Diller, (5) Jeff Zucker.

Top Artists (Top 5): (1) Hunt Slonem, (2) Jeff Koons, (3) Julian Schnabel, (4) Ross Bleckner, (5) Damien Hirst.

Top Authors (Top 5): (1) Candace Bushnell, (2) Anisha Lakhani, (3) Jay McInerney, (4) Kelly Klein, (5) Michael Gross.

Top Gossip Girl Cast Members (Top 5): (1) Leighton Meester, (2) Taylor Momsen, (3) Blake Lively, (4) Ed Westwick, (5) Penn Badgley.

Top Real Housewives of New York City (Top 5): (1) Kelly Killoren Bensimon, (2) Countess Luann de Lesseps, (3) Bethenny Frankel, (4) Jill Zarin, (5) Alex McCord.

MOST VISITED OVERALL: LARGEST VOLUME OF WEB TRAFFIC 2008

Top People Profiles of 2008: (1) Countess Luann de Lesseps, (2) Count Alexandre de Lesseps, (3) Jill Zarin, (4) Poppy Harlow, (5) Bethenny Frankel, (6) Tinsley Mortimer, (7) Amanda Hearst, (8) Annabelle Dexter Jones, (9) Lauren Remington Platt, (10) Olivia Palermo.

Top Party Profiles of 2008: (1) This World is Yours hosted by Fame Game, Volkswagen, and Z!NK Magazine, (2) Best Buddies Hamptons Beach Bash, (3) Art for Life, East Hampton 2008, (4) Mane Event: A Benefit for Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue, (5) Disney Channel Games 2008 - Red Carpet, (6) The 15th Annual WATERMILL Summer Benefit, (7) EXECULIFE – New York City Launch, (8) New York After Dark: The Museum of the City of New York, (9) Watermill Concert 2008 Last Song of Summer Performances by Rufus Wainwright and Jessye Norman, (10) Princess Grace Foundation 2008 Awards Gala.

2008 Most Visited Organization Profiles: Longstanding fashion magazine (and Anna Wintour’s prodigy) Vogue (1) comes in at number one, followed by Niche Media’s Gotham Magazine (2) under the leadership of Cristina Greeven Cuomo. Third place goes to luxury brand Louis Vuitton (3). Other notables: Vanity Fair (4) and Bergdorf Goodman (9).

Top Organization Profiles of 2008: (1) Vogue, (2) Gotham Magazine, (3) Louis Vuitton, (4) Vanity Fair, (5) American Ballet Theatre, (6) Quest, (7) Hamptons Magazine, (8) Palm Beach Society Magazine, (9) Bergdorf Goodman, (10) Patrick McMullan Photography.

SEARCH TRENDS: TOP SEARCHES ON FAMEGAME.COM 2008

Top Searches of 2008: (1) Paris Hilton, (2) Tinsley Mortimer, (3) Olivia Palermo, (4) Julia Allison, (5) Kristian Laliberte, (6) Jill Zarin, (7) Tia Walker, (8) David Chines, (9) Ariel Moses, (10) Jules Kirby.

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Niche Media's Jason Binn feted Los Angeles Confidential Magazine cover star and Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke on the occasion of his "Best Actor" win WIN

“I Have So Much To Be Thankful For Including All Of The People Who Believed In Me And Stepped Up For Me Like Jason Binn, Darren Aronofsky and Bruce Springsteen”
–Mickey Rourke

Guests Including Aaron Eckhart, Danny Masterson, David Arquette were treated to Michelin-starred Chef Gordon Ramsay’s Signature Fare at Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood

Los Angeles, CA (January 13, 2009) – Mickey Rourke, Golden Globe winner for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his performance in The Wrestler was feted by longtime friend, Niche Media’s Jason Binn and Los Angeles Confidential magazine publisher Tova Bonem at an intimate reception last night celebrating his win and the star’s appearance on Los Angeles Confidential magazine’s “Awards Issue” cover. The party was held at Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood.

A modest Rourke thanked guests for their support but made a special point of thanking Binn: "I’ve known Jason Binn for over 15 years, even before he started publishing Ocean Drive magazine in Miami, and I have so much to be thankful for– all of the people who believed in me from the beginning and stepped up for me like Jason, Darren Aronofsky and Bruce Springsteen.”

Rourke, who was praised by critics and fans alike for his role as Randy “The Ram” Robinson in The Wrestler, celebrated his win with Los Angeles’ A-list talent, power players and tastemakers including Aaron Eckhart, Bai Ling, Brandon Davis, Billy Morrison, Brittny Gastineau, entertainment exec Charlie Walk, David Arquette, Donovan Leitch, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Davis, Kathy & Rick Hilton, Lara Spencer, Linda Thompson, Project Runway’s Nick Verreos, Ray Winstone, and Robert Shapiro.

Guests were treated to a bevy of passed hors d’eouvres courtesy of Chef Ramsay’s namesake restaurant’s contemporary cuisine, including foie gras mousse with black fig purée on toasted fruit bread, braised short rib croquette with sauce gribiche and cornichons and signature sushi like his fried skate wing with persimmon purée.

The event was the second of two back-to-back parties put on by Niche Media’s Los Angeles Confidential magazine to celebrate Best Actor nominees; Ralph Fiennes was honored on Saturday, January 10th, continuing Los Angeles Confidential magazine’s annual tradition of celebrating the stars of the Golden Globes.

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About Niche Media Holdings: Niche Media, a subsidiary of Greenspun Media Group, was founded in 1992 and is the country’s preeminent regional magazine company with the largest network of city-specific luxury publications in the United States. Niche Media consistently delivers the finest editorial content and advertising to a controlled group of influencers with the highest disposable incomes in each city. Niche Media reaches readers who maintain annual household incomes of at least $200,000 and have liquid assets in excess of $1 million, making the pages of these glossies some of the most valuable real estate in publishing. Additionally, the company brings its publications’ pages to life with more than 500 dynamic A-list events across the country each year. With more than 300 full-time employees, Niche Media exceeds 30,000 pages annually, and its titles have a combined annual distribution of more than 8 million copies. Niche Media’s titles provide advertisers and marketers with a direct connection to the most desirable markets across the country.

About Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood:
Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood is renowned chef Gordon Ramsay’s West Coast restaurant debut and is located in The London West Hollywood hotel just off the Sunset Strip. The restaurant’s contemporary cuisine is Western European with subtle Asian influences, highlighting the freshest and finest seasonal ingredients sourced from the region. In October 2008, Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood earned a prestigious Michelin star, less than five months after opening. For reservation inquiries and more information on the restaurant, please call (310) 358-7788 or email TheLondonWH@gordonramsay.com. For information about Gordon Ramsay and his restaurants please visit www.GordonRamsay.com.

About The London West Hollywood:
Perched in the Hollywood Hills just steps from the legendary Sunset Strip, The London West Hollywood is a fusion of both its namesake cities – smart, modern and evoking the utmost style. Distinctively imagined for LA, interiors are styled by the renowned David Collins Studio, dining by acclaimed chef Gordon Ramsay, bath environments by posh purveyor Waterworks and elite concierge services in partnership with Quintessentially. Highlights include incredibly spacious guest suites with private balconies or patios, a panoramic rooftop pool deck, and Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood restaurant – recently awarded with a Michelin Star rating. For more information call (866) 282-4560 or visit www.TheLondonWestHollywood.com.

Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke to celebrate his win with longtime friend, Niche Media's Jason Binn at a Los Angeles Confidential Magazine celebration, Monday, January 12, 2009

Los Angeles Confidential Magazine Cover Star Mickey Rourke Tells The Mag: “I’m Just Grateful For A Second Chance”

Los Angeles, CA – January 11, 2009 – Golden Globe award winner for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, Mickey Rourke, will celebrate his win with longtime friend, Niche Media’s Jason Binn at a Los Angeles Confidential Magazine celebration, Monday, January 12, 2009.

Rourke, who graces the cover of Los Angeles Confidential Magazine’s “Awards Issue,” on stands now, opens up about his Hollywood comeback and the role that got him there in The Wrestler: “After being out of work 13, 14 years I’m just grateful to have a second chance.”

Rourke who clinched the Best Actor award for playing the past-his-prime pro wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson in Darren Aronofsky’s drama, admits in the magazine that the role wasn’t easily handed to him. He reveals, “[Darren] had been working on this project for, like, a decade. He told me it was going to be a struggle to make it with me, raising the finances on my name, because I hadn’t been in circulation for awhile, and he really went to bat for me.”

On tackling the emotional side of his character Rourke reveals, “I think my whole fear was putting myself back in that headspace emotionally, to revisit some very dark, painful moments, places and people. That was as hard as the physical stuff.”

Rourke also offers advice to the new generation of Hollywood actors --“I would say – being out of work 13, 14 years like I did – not to walk that road. I put four or five years into studying like a monk and being the best actor I could, then I self destructed. It took me 10 years in therapy to change my ways,” he admits. “They’re going to find out the hard way that maybe you can get away with that s—t when you’re in your twenties, but when Hollywood closes the door on [them], there’s not many guys who can be out of work 13 or 14 years that they’re going to give a second chance to.”

Niche Media's Jason Binn feted multiple nominee and Los Angeles Confidential Magazine cover star Ralph Fiennes with friend and fellow cover star Kristin Scott Thomas at Niche Media's annual Golden Globe party at Skybar at Mondrian, Los Angeles

Nominees Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas and Award Winner Mickey Rourke Featured on Split Covers of Los Angeles Confidential Magazine’s Special Awards Issue

Other Guests Included Arianna Huffington, Bai Ling, Bill Maher, John Salley, Julie Benz, Kim Kardashian, Kyle McLoughlin, Tom Arnold and Tracey Edmonds

Los Angeles, CA (January 11, 2009) – Niche Media’s Jason Binn and Publisher Tova Bonem honored multiple Golden Globe nominee and Los Angeles Confidential magazine cover star Ralph Fiennes at Niche Media’s annual Golden Globe party at Skybar at Mondrian on January 10, 2009. The event is the first of two back-to-back Los Angeles Confidential magazine events to celebrate the 66th Annual Golden Globes and to honor their three split cover stars. Sharing the “Awards Issue” cover with Fiennes is Best Actress Nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, who was also feted at the event, and Best Actor Winner Mickey Rourke, who will be celebrated by the magazine at an intimate cocktail party on Monday, January 12th.

Fiennes, nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama in The Duchess as well as Best Actor in a Miniseries/ Motion Picture for Television for Bernard and Doris, and fellow cover star and nominee Scott Thomas spent the evening mixing and mingling with Hollywood’s top power players and celebrities in the pool-side VIP lounge. Among those showing their support were Adrienne Bailon, Alyssa Milano, Arianna Huffington, Bai Ling, Bill Maher, Billy Zane, Brandon Davis, Clifton Collins, Jr., Jake Busey, Jason Davis, John Salley, Julie Benz, Ken Davitian, Kim Kardashian, Kyle McLaughlin, Lake Bell, Leven Rambin, Linda Thompson, Neal McDonough, Q’Orianka Kilcher, Shaun Taub, Tom Arnold, and Tracey Edmonds.

In between dancing to the sounds of celebrity DJ Benjamin Walker, guests enjoyed Veev Açai Spirits making a splash among L.A. tastemakers with their signature eco-friendly cocktails including Simply Veev, Veev it Up, Veev Eco-Mojito, and the Golden Globe Cooler.

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About Niche Media Holdings: Niche Media, a subsidiary of Greenspun Media Group, was founded in 1992 and is the country’s preeminent regional magazine company with the largest network of city-specific luxury publications in the United States. Niche Media consistently delivers the finest editorial content and advertising to a controlled group of influencers with the highest disposable incomes in each city. Niche Media reaches readers who maintain annual household incomes of at least $200,000 and have liquid assets in excess of $1 million, making the pages of these glossies some of the most valuable real estate in publishing. Additionally, the company brings its publications’ pages to life with more than 500 dynamic A-list events across the country each year. With more than 300 full-time employees, Niche Media exceeds 30,000 pages annually, and its titles have a combined annual distribution of more than 8 million copies. Niche Media’s titles provide advertisers and marketers with a direct connection to the most desirable markets across the country.

About Morgans Hotel Group: Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC) operates and owns, or has an ownership interest in, Morgans, Royalton and Hudson in New York, Delano and The Shore Club in Miami, Mondrian in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Clift in San Francisco, and Sanderson and St Martins Lane in London. MHG and an equity partner also own the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and related assets. MHG has other property transactions in various stages of completion, including projects in Miami Beach, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; SoHo, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; Palm Springs, California; and Boston, Massachusetts. For more information please visit www.morganshotelgroup.com.

ABOUT VeeV: VeeV founders Courtney and Carter Reum, former investment bankers, left Wall Street in the summer of 2006 to start a venture that was equal parts entrepreneurial, progressive and meaningful. In that spirit, the Reum brothers created VeeV, the world’s first spirit to introduce the Brazilian super-fruit, açaí. Among being the country’s foremost and only certified carbon neutral spirit, VeeV’s eco-friendly business activities include donating $1 of every bottle sold to the Sustainable Açaí Project, utilizing a distillery that is powered by wind energy, and implementing regular “VeeV Green Audits”. Additionally, VeeV is a proud member of the Business for Social Responsibility, the Social Venture Network and other leading environmental organizations.

Strolling around Niche's nook with Jason Binn

Maggrabbag.com
February 15, 2008

I was in the neighborhood (and a nice neighborhood it is — 20th and Park Ave South), so I thought I’d pay my friends at Niche Media a visit. They own two floors at 257 Park Ave South, but are moving soon to Tribeca.

As you may know, Niche is moving pretty fast these days. As always, there have been lots of parties, but there have also been launches (Trump — read more here), acquisitions, partnerships, and, of course, plans for the move. All this activity shows in the office, which is bustling, bursting at the seams, and busy (weak ending, I know, but I was going for the alliterative trifecta).

Binn gave me a personal tour in which he stopped multiple times to talk with editors, designers, sales people, and VP/publishing directors of Gotham Mag, Christina Greeven Cuomo. Niche is Binn’s little empire, and he’s incredibly involved in the business, as it should be.

The great thing about magazine media is that our products are manifestations of our personalities. Sure, the editor may have more to say than anyone, but everyone is in on the conversation. I have lots more to say on this subject. I’ll save it for a later post.

Ps - As I said, the office at Niche is bursting at the seams. That company must be growing incredibly fast: They cannot fit one more person in that space…and they have two floors! It’s good to see that print based businesses can still grow.

She's Re-editing

New York Post
February 7, 2008

CRISTINA Greeven Cuomo, after spending the last few years on the publishing side at Niche Media — selling ads — has gone back to the editorial side.

The beautiful mother of two and wife of "Good Morning America" co-anchor Chris Cuomo, is the new editorial director of Gotham, Hamptons, newly acquired Philadelphia Style and soon-to-launch Michigan Avenue in Chicago. She and her boss, Jason Binn, will celebrate at their eighth annual gala Tuesday.

Cristina Cuomo named Editorial Director for Niche Media's Gotham and Hamptons Magazines

Business Wire
February 15, 2008

Cuomo Feted at 8(th) Annual Gotham Magazine Gala with Cover Stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin at 30 Rock's Rainbow Room

NEW YORK -- Niche Media CEO Jason Binn has named Cristina Cuomo Editorial Director of the company's New York-based publications, Gotham and Hamptons magazines. She will also work on the recently acquired Philadelphia Style, as well as Michigan Avenue in Chicago, launching in September.

As Editorial Director, Cuomo will be responsible for overseeing the editorial pages and securing and managing the magazine's high-profile contributors and covers. She will also be tasked with generating content that focuses on New York and Hamptons-based personalities, establishments and the best that the city has to offer in the worlds of fashion, beauty, interior design, real estate, business, entertainment, culture and dining.

"Cristina's innovative ideas, creativity and passion for the lifestyle we report on are a great asset to us," said Binn. "She perfectly exemplifies the Niche reader and we are thrilled to have her on the editorial side."

Cristina joined forces with Jason Binn in 2001 as the Vice-Chairman of Niche Media. In that position, Cuomo worked closely with marketing, event promotions, advertising, and editorial, ensuring proper branding for the Niche Media model in each respective market. Prior to her arrival, she founded and ran the lifestyle magazine, Manhattan File, as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief for seven years, as well as its offshoots, Hamptons File and Vegas File. She was also editor of Hamptons for three years prior to founding Manhattan File.

She is a graduate of Cornell University and is married to ABC's "Good Morning America" News Anchor, Christopher Cuomo, son of New York's three-term Governor, Mario Cuomo. The Cuomos live on the Upper West Side of New York with their two children, Bella and Mario. She is an avid supporter of Turnaround for Children, the New York Public Library, The New York Botanical Gardens, HELP and Mentoring USA, among other charities.

About Niche Media Holdings: Niche Media, a subsidiary of Greenspun Media Group, was founded in 1992, and is the country's preeminent regional magazine company, with the largest network of city-specific luxury publications in the US. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, advertisers are assured that with our exclusive estate and home-delivery program, Niche Media reaches readers who maintain annual household incomes of at least $250,000, own homes valued at more than $1 million, and have liquid assets in excess of $1 million, making the pages of these glossies some of the most valuable real estate in publishing.

Niche Media consistently delivers the finest editorial content and advertising to a controlled group of influencers with the highest disposable incomes in each city. Additionally, the company brings its publications' pages to life with more than 500 dynamic A-list events across the country each year. With its 320 full-time employees, Niche produces more than 29,000 pages annually, and its titles have a combined distribution of more than 900,000. At an average of 5.9 readers per copy and a total of more than 5.3 million readers total, Niche's titles provide advertisers and marketers with a direct connection to the most desirable markets across the country.