Comments on: Remember Urban Box Office?

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:58:06 +0000

I have great memories of this short lived company. R.I.P. George Jackson, if he didn’t pass I think his dream would’ve come true

By: D.Michael Lee

D.Michael Lee — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:28:15 +0000

I remember UBO, AKA.com, Platform.net, Hookt.com, etc...

Amazing a decade has passed already.

By: Al-Anon

Al-Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:48:06 +0000

i remember invoicing UBO for work that I never did… they helped me buy a house. I'm not mad at them.

By: John Threat: Urban Web Pioneer | Black Web 2.0

John Threat: Urban Web Pioneer | Black Web 2.0 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:28:00 +0000

[...] Vibe Magazine and BlackPlanet, and chronicling the collapse of UBO blow by blow (also covered here on Black Web 2.0). Urban Exposé was one of the first Black blogs that received major mainstream [...]

By: Is Global Grind’s Star Power Enough? | Black Web 2.0

Is Global Grind’s Star Power Enough? | Black Web 2.0 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:20:56 +0000

[...] Category: Blog, Celeb 2.0, Content, Web 2.0 Global Grind, Hip-Hop’s Digg, has now positioned themselves to be “Hip-Hop’s Huffington Post” according to the new editor in chief Russell Simmons. Russell has enlisted the help of some of his A and B (some C and D) list celebrity friends in music and on screen. Stars including Nia Long, Dame Dash, LL Cool J, and others will now have their own little piece of blog heaven under the Global Grind brand. Lynne D best described GG’s new model as reminiscent of UBO, but as GG’s traffic growth continues to stagnate, will GG’s star power be enough to save them from the same fate as UBO? [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:51:51 +0000

I worked for this piece of shit company for the entire year they existed. It was a disaster from day 1.