Comments on: Community Connect bought buy RadioOne for $38 million

By: Interview with Smokey Fontaine of Interactive One | Black Web 2.0

Interview with Smokey Fontaine of Interactive One | Black Web 2.0 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:28:36 +0000

[...] on-line digital platform, with Interactive One’s catalog of websites including, the newly acquired BlackPlanet.com, the Urban Daily, NewsOne, as well as the advertising inventory for AllHipHop.com, and Radio [...]

By: Did Allhiphop.com Get the Short End? | Black Web 2.0

Did Allhiphop.com Get the Short End? | Black Web 2.0 — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:47:48 +0000

[...] too much traffic to settle with an ad group who has limited experience in online ad sales. Interactive One’s recent acquisition of Community Connect could bring some experience to their online ad sales division, but can AHH afford to wait for the [...]

By: Radio One Announces Exclusive Ad Sales Deal With AllHipHop.com | Black Web 2.0

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:52:36 +0000

[...] deal with AllHipHop.com, the top online destination for Hip-Hop news. AllHipHop now joins the recently acquired Blackplanet.com, and Interactive One’s collection of web properties, including Newsone.com, Tvone, Giantmag.com, [...]

By: Kerwin

Kerwin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:12:05 +0000

Living in maryland not to far from tvone i am very happy for them i hope this will inprove there programing to open up to more people like 93.9 WKYS and TVone the tv station which is owned by radio one.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:27:30 +0000

@ MrAfrica I agree, I think this is part of the reason why it sold for such a low price.

By: MrAfrica

MrAfrica — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:42:27 +0000

That is correct, but you must also look at the type of people BlackPlanet is attracting… I would never advertise on such a site…

By: urbantech

urbantech — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:33:43 +0000

Its a great acquisition for Radio One, but a very sad day for minority owned and focused internet start ups. If a company like Communty Connect can only get a $38 Million dollar valuation, and a site like Meebo can get a $850 million dollars valuation and acquisition, and it has less then half the traffic of CC’s one property, Blackplanet.com, its a very sad day indeed.

A quick query on Compete can show you what I mean:

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/blackplanet.com+meebo.com+myspace.com/?metric=uv

Toby “URBANTECH” Morning

By: InteractiveOne's Web Strategy | Black Web 2.0

InteractiveOne's Web Strategy | Black Web 2.0 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:29:59 +0000

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By: » Radio One Purchase Black Planet’s Parent Company | Highbrid Nation | Because Knowledge is Power

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:09:01 +0000

[...] to a report from Black Web 2.o, CommunityConnect which had been up for sale since February has been purchased by Cathy Hughes and [...]