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Interview with Tariq Muhammad, Director of AOL Black Voices

By Markus

AOL Black Voices

In the second episode of our new series of podcasts, we talk with the very enlighting Tariq Muhammad, Director of AOL Black Voices. AOL Black Voices is the No. 1 website for black news, entertainment, culture and community with over 4.3 million monthly uniques visitors.

In this interview we discussed, Tariq’s new role as Director of AOL Black Voices, his previous tenure at Black Enterprises, and his foray into the world of web startup.

iTunes subscriptions to the podcast are available, and an archive of all podcasts will appear under the podcast category of our site. Enjoy!

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2 Responses to “Interview with Tariq Muhammad, Director of AOL Black Voices”

  1. Fredric Says:

    i enjoyed the podcast. good questions.

    i’m curious to know why the executives that are in charge of internet media never mention the benefits of open-source solutions. tariq mentioned the lack of architecture and capital that smaller black firms have in terms of trying to establish a presence on the web. i’ve always felt that today’s 2.0 technologies…from open-source cms like drupal to scalable hosting platforms like amazon s3…..could be utilized by small businesses to grow with the business.

    the days of needing large capital and massive tech teams are going away. i’d even argue that it costs more to publicize your medium via old-fashioned print than it would setting aside the same funds and doing some online marketing and word-of-mouth.

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