Robb Report

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The Robb Report is a magazine about luxury life, featuring products of the lifestyle, such as cars, watches, and real estate. It was originally started by Robert White as a magazine to complement the purchase of a Rolls-Royce automobile.

The Robb Report also suggests travel plans, routinely mentioning many wealthy communities including Mission Viejo, Beverly Hills, La Jolla, Scottsdale, Palm Beach, and Greenwich.

Many members of the upper-class perceive the Robb Report to be a nouveau riche-oriented publication. A good proportion, perhaps most, of the purchasers regard it as a "fantasy" magazine, describing products, places, and wealth that they aspire to have but can never achieve, or at most, be inspired to achieve.

A number of other magazines are also published under the Robb Report brand. Including, Worth, Vacation Homes, Luxury Home, Digital TV, MotorCycling, and Yachting.

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.

[edit] Robb Report in the Media

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 Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse. The second is the song "You're Only A Customer" from his 1996 soundtrack album Streets 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" by Dwele
Kool Keith is looking at the Robb Report in "Extravagant Traveller" on the album "Matthew".
Rapper Black Rob released an album in 2005 entitled The Black Rob Report.