Community Connect bought buy RadioOne for $38 million

Community Connect was purchased by RadioOne today for $38 million. We broke the news first on Community Connect being up for sale back in February. Community Connect owns BlackPlanet.com, MiGente.com, and AsianAve.com. This is a major move in the space as RadioOne continues to make strategic decisions regarding their interactive venture, [...]

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Pics from RushmoreDrive Launch Event

Markus gave you updated blog posts yesterday, today here is a recap of sorts in pics: RushmoreDrive Launch Event - NY You can also check out the Events widget in our sidebar.

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Rushmore Drive Launches

IAC’s Black Web Enterprises finally unveiled their online initiative targeting black people this evening with its launch of Rushmore Drive. The launch party, held in the magnificent IAC building, was a gather of the who’s who of African-American internet and media spaces.

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Rushmore Drive Launch Party

Black Web 2.0 will be traveling to New York City tomorrow to get a “sneek peek” at IAC’s Black Web Enterprises (BWE) new black targeted website Rushmore Drive. We were first introduced to Rushmore Drive during our interview with the CEO of BWE Johnny Taylor. The launch party takes place at the beautiful IAC Building [...]

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Google Launches App Engine

Last night at Campfire One, Google announced the preview release launch of the Google App Engine, “a tool enabling developers to run web applications on Google’s infrastructure.” Google’s goal is to “make it easy to get started with a new web app, and then make it easy to scale when that app reaches the point [...]

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GlobalGrind Facebook App

The GlobalGrind Facebook app is pretty sweet I must admit. Essentially, what this app does is make it super easy for a GlobalGrind user with a Facebook account to access and utilize GlobalGrind within the Facebook framework. Adding the GlobalGrind Facebook app was simple and took no time at all. When you are logged in [...]

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4.05.08 webNews Wrap-up

Dell layoff woes. Kanye launches Travel website? Universal Music Group + MySpace + Sony BMG Music Entertainment + Warner Music Group = MySpace Music

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Remembering Dr. King

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was assassinated, as he stood outside of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. He was 39. Media sites and blogs all over, honored Dr. King’s life and legacy through touching articles, thought provoking poll questions, and video [...]

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Zuora announces SAAS billing platform

I got an email a few days ago from a colleague Jeff Yoshimora, letting me know he had left a senior position with the Salesforce.com incubator to join a SAAS billing start up in Palo Alto named “Zuora“. I was curious to say the least, so after snooping around on the site [...]

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Jay-Z & The ‘Nation’ Doin’ the Damn Thing

Are you ready for the music industry revolution? Jay-Z and LiveNation are ready to bring it to you with the announcement of what is being billed as the largest music contract ever awarded at $150 Million. But that is only half the story. The other half is that they are formulating a new distribution and [...]

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