The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Rounder has announced that Keep On Walkin', the third CD from The Grascals, will be released on July 15. Twelve new tracks are featured, with three compositions from Aubrey Holt, two songs co-written by the band's Jamie Johnson, and remakes of hits by Waylon Jennings and George Jones. It also features two firsts for the band [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Photo: Patrick McMullan Jamie Johnson made his career by luring his friends into participating in his documentary Born Rich and then capturing them on film sounding like total idiots. But now he has reached a new low. He is blogging. Sacre bleu blood! But wait! It's for Vanity Fair , so that kind of makes it okay. In his latest blog post, the pretty Johnson & Johnson heir...
VF Daily (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Even though the Wasp establishment is losing much of its influence, the imagery, the manners, and the general style associated with Wasps seem to have increasing appeal.
Radar (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Blogging for Topless Miley Cyrus outfit Vanity Fair, Born Rich rogue blue blood Jamie Johnson posits that WASP culture is on the decline. Blacks and Jews are like, finally. (Related: Hispanics are now 15 percent of the population.) Johnson, who's just
VF Daily (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
For the next month, I will be meeting and talking with various indigenous Wasps, as well as members of the new ruling classes, and asking them for their thoughts and opinions on the shifting social order.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company, says it's troubling that so much of America's wealth is concentrated in the hands of just a few powerful families. Do you agree?
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Jamie Johnson, heir to the the immense Johnson& Johnson empire, has got some guts in my book. Against the wishes of some in his family and in his wealthy circles, he's made a little documentary exposing why the rich are loathe to talk about money and America's growing income gap.
The Real Clear Politics Blog (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
NPR reported this morning on Jamie Johnson, the Johnson & Johnson heir turned documentary filmmaker. Johnson's last project, "Born Rich," examined the lives, foibles, and insecurities of East Coast heirs and heiresses. His latest work, The One Percent, takes a...
PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
.Like a lot of Americans, Jamie Johnson worries about the growing income gap. Unlike a lot of people, however, Johnson is perched on the comfortable side of that gap. His family founded the Johnson & Johnson Co., and he grew up amid money and privilege. In that world, there was an inviolable rule: Don't talk about money. But Johnson is talking about it. He...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Jamie Johnson is the President of Iowa News-Talk Radio. For four years he hosted a popular daily radio show in which he interviewed newsmakers and opinion-shapers from across the nation, discussing political, economic, and cultural trends affecting American life. His heartland perspective on politics has been sought [...]
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
The following is from Robert Frank, The Rich Man's Michael Moore, online.wsj.com, Feb. 23, 2008: Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, used to be an accepted member of the New York elite, with a trust fund, a...
BuzzFeed Latest (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
The handsomest Johnson there is? Smart, young, and attractive, director/Johnson & Johnson heir Jamie could come straight from a Gossip Girl plot line. Related: His upcoming doc, The One Percent . Best 8 Links: The Superrich Are Totally Psyched About Recessions Jamie Johnson Loves It When You Hate the Rich Confessions of the Ultra-Rich Sorta Like “Milton Friedman...
BuzzFeed Latest (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
A new documentary from the director of Born Rich about the wealth gap. Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune, returns to director's chair with a look at how and why 1 percent of the U.S. population controls half of the country's wealth. Debuting this Thursday on Cinemax and HBO. Best 4 Links: Watch the Trailer: “The One Percent” NY Times:...
The Wealth Report (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Jamie Johnson in New York (Credit: Thaddeus Harden) My article on Saturday about Jamie Johnson and his new documentary, The One Percent generated loads of email from readers, and I wanted share some of the best. Basically, the readers fell into two groups: those who praised Mr. Johnson for his courage in documenting wealth and inequality [...]
Half Sigma (Free subscription) | 02/24/2008
There's an article about Jamie Johnson in the Wall Street Journal (which I think is available for free to non-subscribers). I recently wrote about his documentary Born Rich. His new documentary is showing on Cinemax (but alas, is not available...
