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THE WEEKLY MONEY TRAIL-6/20/2008

20. June 2008

San Francisco, Mochi Media Makes $10M To Monetize Games With plans to build out its infrastructure to meet demand from game developers for its ad platform, Mochi Media Inc. has raised a $10 million Series B round of funding. http://www.mochimedia.com New York Hanger Network Racks Up $10M More Hanger Network In-Home Media Inc., which distributes ads, coupons and promotional [...]

BET Awards ‘08 distributes WebTools as free ads

19. June 2008

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BET Webtools is a self-serve, grab-tool utility providing easy copy and paste functionality to help you obtain graphic elements. For banners, select the size that best fits your design. Once you’ve made a selection, “Copy” the related HTML below the banner. “Paste” the code in the appropriate location within your Website. Repeat for related captions. Hmmmm. [...]

Always On Hollywood 08

18. June 2008

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The Always on Hollywood event went off big as usual. There were tons of VC’s and institutional bankers there courting the business of the young, and the fresh (hot media start ups). There were quite a few impressive starts up offering their pitches for rooms full of venture capitalist ready to wage their calculated bets on [...]

The Death of the Microsite

17. June 2008

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Do you remember when Tamayra Gray was up-and coming? “A new, musical mini-version of Romeo and Juliet, directed by super-hot fashion photographer David LaChapelle is available for viewing online, only at the H&M website. Featuring Mary J. Blige, “American Idol” staring Tamyra Gray, and up-and coming dancer Gus Carr, the six-minute film was launched [...]

RSS in the Black/Urban Niche

13. June 2008

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How important is RSS in your digital life? Well if you’re like me then answer is VERY! I use it to keep up with blogs, news sources, and events; just about everything in my digital life is in one form or another powered by RSS. Being without RSS would mean that I would have to [...]

Black Web 2.0 Show: Interview with Chuck Creekmur and Greg Watkins Founders of Allhiphop.com [Audio]

11. June 2008

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In Episode # 7 of the Black Web 2.0 Show we speak with Chuck Creekmur and Greg Watkins founders of Allhiphop.com. Coined as the “CNN of Hip Hop News”, Allhiphop (AHH) is the number one source for all things Hip Hop. With an average of 5 million visitors and over 100 million impressions monthly, AHH [...]

SXSW Podcast- Where Are The Black Tech Bloggers?

6. June 2008

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SXSW has finally released the much anticipated panel “Where are the Black Tech Bloggers?” The panel, moderated by Lynne D. Johnson, was an insightful open dialog about racism in technology with some of the brightest minds in tech blogging.

eVIPlist.com: Social Ranking as a promotional tool

5. June 2008

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At first glance eVIPlist.com may look like another Digg clone. While the site does use Digg’s open API its business and web strategy is far from the typical “rank news/info” model that we typically see from other sites using the same API. While similarities can certainly be found between eVIPlist.com and other [...]

Maybe 50 Cent Gets Social Media After All

4. June 2008

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Back in April, on RushmoreDrive, I wrote What Does 50 Cent Know About Social Media?. I didn’t have the space to do a real analysis of the efforts there, but there are other sites that have dug in a little deeper, such as ReadWriteWeb and even the Tech Observer blog over at Portfolio in 50 [...]

Remember Urban Box Office?

3. June 2008

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Before Radio One’s OnOne, before GlobalGrind, there was Urban Box Office. The hopes for it were right up there with BlackVoices, BlackPlanet, and BET.com. But it was supposed to be even bigger. It was like a network of sites of everything urban. But what happened? It looks like John Threat is directing a movie that answers [...]

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