EXECUTIVE BIOS

Jason Binn, CEO, founded Niche Media in 1998. Since its inception, Binn has successfully built an empire that has cornered the regional publishing market with the country’s preeminent titles including Aspen Peak, Gotham, Hamptons, Los Angeles Confidential, and launching in September 2005, Boston Common and Capitol File. Binn is also a co-founder (with Jerry Powers) of Ocean Drive magazine. Through its publications, Niche has successfully validated the concept of the controlled circulation publication as a highly prized commodity in the eyes of consumers and advertisers. Niche Media is a subsidiary of Greenspun Media Group, and its titles include Art Basel Miami Beach, Aspen Peak, Atlanta Peach, Bal Harbour, Boston Common, Bridgehampton Polo, Capitol File, CityCenter Las Vegas, Florida InsideOut, Gotham, Hamptons, Los Angeles Confidential, Michigan Avenue (coming September 2008), Ocean Drive, Ocean Drive Español, Style: Palazzo/The Venetian, Trump, Vegas, and Wynn.

Binn’s strategic model pairs his exceptional business sense with an unparalleled arsenal of personal contacts including some of the most recognizable names in business, arts, entertainment, politics, music, etc., allowing Niche Media to publish oversized, glossy, city-centric publications written from an insiders perspective. With access to the most influential, wealthy readers, Niche attracts the most prestigious brands in the world to partner in advertising and sponsorship. As a result of Binn and his team’s highly cultivated relationships with their clients, coupled with the growing popularity of the titles, advertisers aggressively seek out more and more opportunities within the books and continue to increase their number pages on a regular basis.

Binn began his foray into publishing in 1993. With the foresight to enter the burgeoning Miami market, Jason Binn launched Ocean Drive with partner, Jerry Powers, on a shoestring budget with only eighty pages. The magazine quickly became a media sensation and today has worldwide distribution, often maxing out at over four hundred pages.

Following that, Binn parlayed his success in another niche market where he began publishing the then twenty-year-old Hamptons magazine (1998.) Mirroring the success of Ocean Drive, Binn recreated the magazine to reflect the mindset of New York's jet setters, boosting ad revenues and book sizes to an average of 200 pages weekly during the 16 week summer season. Hamptons served as the springboard for Binn's Gotham magazine (2001) which has lived up to its incredible expectations, allowing Binn to lay claim to other coveted markets, Los Angeles with Los Angeles Confidential (2002), Aspen with Aspen Peak (2004), Boston with Boston Common (2005) and Washington DC with Capitol File (2005).

Jason Binn graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He, his wife Haley Lieberman Binn along with their daughters Penny and Celia split their time between their New York, Los Angeles and Southampton homes.

Jerry Powers is the President of the Publishing Division for Niche Media, LLC and the co-founder of the Ocean Drive Media Group. Powers has been publishing since 1968 when he first launched The Daily Planet, a hip Miami weekly that circulated from 1968-1974. Throughout his career, Powers has frequently found himself a part of the social, cultural and political changes that have shaped American society over the course of the past 30 years.

Powers has also made his mark in the music business, both as a personal manager to recording artists like LTD and Jeffrey Osborne, and also to producing and promoting concerts for such artists as Elvis Presley, the Moody Blues, Elton John, Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

Powers has also put his considerable energy and expertise into the world of fine art. He broke barriers for American artists through summits in such countries as Japan, Spain, the Soviet Union as well as the U.S. Powers was later honored for his accomplishments and for volunteerism at White House ceremonies by presidents Reagan and Bush, and also by Russian presidents Mikhail Gorbachov and Boris Yeltsin.

These days, when it comes to politics, Powers’ concerns are focused solidly on the environment and charitable organizations. He sits on the board of the the Police Athletic League of Miami Beach and is involved with various associations including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, SPCA Wildlife Care Center, The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Women of Tomorrow, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Miami City Ballet amongst others.

Powers' current career turn with Ocean Drive magazine took place while coordinating an art exhibit in Aventura, FL in 1992, when a friend took him on a guided tour of South Beach. "I saw the magic and the potential and I was hooked," Powers says. "I never thought I’d do this again, but here I am."

Powers lives in Miami Beach with wife Sandi. They have a daughter, Jacquelynn, who is a Senior Editor for various Niche Media publications.

Courtland Lantaff, a Miami, FL native and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came on board at the Ocean Drive Media Group, now Niche Media Holdings, LLC, as Credit Manager in 1999. Lantaff quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Vice President of Business Affairs in 2004. In 2005, Lantaff was appointed co-publisher of Ocean Drive magazine overseeing all magazine operations, sales and production departments.

Lantaff has overseen the launches of luxury regional and custom publications including Ocean Drive and Ocean Drive Espanol, Ocean Drive Venezuela, Art Basel Miami Beach, Bal Harbour, Atlanta PEACH and Trump.

Courtland Lantaff is the Publisher for Ocean Drive Magazine overseeing all Southeastern operations and sales.

Most recently, Jeffrey Binstock was Chief Operating Officer of Artnet Worldwide Corp. from November 2001 through December 2004. Jeffrey helped Artnet attain profitability for the first time since its founding in 1989. Prior to Artnet, Jeffrey was VP, Operations and Finance at Urbanfetch.com, Inc., a high-profile e-tailer during the Internet "bubble" period. During that period, Jeff played a critical role in taking Urbanfetch from 60 to over 500 employees on two continents over a six-month period. Prior to Urbanfetch, Jeffrey held various executive roles over his seven year tenure at Atwood Richards, Inc., a global barter trading company, establishing 27 offices in 25 countries.

Jeff's foundation was established at Bankers Trust Company and Citibank after obtaining his MBA degree in 1987 from the University of Chicago. He holds an AB degree in Chemistry and English from Columbia University.

Cristina Greeven Cuomo is the Editor in Chief of GOTHAM and HAMPTONS as well as a contributor to all the other Niche Media titles like LA Confidential, Aspen Peak, Philadelphia Style, Boston Common, and Michigan Avenue. Cuomo 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.