I ran my own business when I was 19, buying condos and renovating apartment buildings.
I was raised to work for my father when I was four.
I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.
Every 'Observer' writer wants to be a novelist.
People are always alert to any change and skeptical by nature.
Growing up, around the dinner table my father and I didn't talk sports. We talked business.
I have six jobs.
Politicians often say to me, 'Articles in the 'Observer' don't get me votes, but you get me money.'
I speak with my father about everything in my life.
Age is a convenient barometer of what a person is capable of, but it is only one.
In this day and age, much of journalism is about right or left, conservative or liberal, and 'The Observer' is just that: an observer. It is about truth.
Peter Kaplan was a partner, a mentor, and a friend.
I own 'The New York Observer.'
My father's favorite movie was 'The Dirty Dozen.'
I always thought, 'Will I go into the business, or will I not go into the business?' But when my father got arrested, I really didn't have a choice. I was the oldest son, and it was something that had to be done.
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I have major sleeping problems. I'd rather be up thinking about things than actually sleeping.
The N.Y.C. tech scene is vibrant, and Betabeat will be a great vehicle to cover it in depth.
I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.
New York City is the most important location in the world... it is the center for fashion, culture and finance.
I don't have time to date.
People who live in SoHo want to be close to the energy, culture, and eccentricities of New York's most charming neighborhoods.
Browseability is the key online.
The only things that are really permanent are love, family, friendship, and that is a lesson. At the end of the day, that's really what it boils down to. The rest of it is just stuff.
The goal is to do things that are exciting and respectable.
I'm definitely scared about newspapers. The problem is nobody wants to catch a falling knife, and nobody knows where things will stabilise. The value of newspapers has dropped significantly. I think we still have more pain to be felt.
You have to understand the separation between what exists in the print media and what exists in reality. It's important to never lose track of reality.
Peter Kaplan was a giant.
When I bought 'The New York Observer,' my experience in journalism was limited to a single article I had written for a college magazine.
People are hysterical about the death of newspapers, and I would say, 'They're not dying; they're just kind of reinventing themselves.'
It's easier to build a business around a first-class product, even if it's a more expensive product to produce.
I grew up, a kid in New Jersey.