Bob Johnson Speaks on Urban Television (Part 2)
In part two of my interview with BET Founder and Entrepreneur Bob Johnson we discuss the State of Black Media, Point of You (the web component to Urban Television), building value in a company first versus finding a business model, and why he considers bootstrapping pioneering. Part two is below, you can check out Part [...]
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There are a million and one reasons why micro-payments won’t save journalism, but ultimately the most obvious is that we are living in a time where there’s an over-abundance of news media. Think about it, where did you watch the Obama Inauguration? Did you watch it on CNN, BBC, SkyNews, Al-Jazeera, Fox News, MSNBC or [...]
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Google Labs is the arm of Google that is supposed to be working on hot new Google toys for us to play with. They’ve been quiet for quite a while now except for the Gmail Labs part (GTD and Tasks), but recently rebuilt the site from the ground up. They’ve also dropped two new toys [...]
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If Moguldom Media Group doesn’t ring a bell but surely Bossip will. Moguldom Media Group is the company behind such sites as Bossip, Lossip, F-Listed, MingXingYao, and LiveSteez. (Editors Note: We covered the relaunch of LiveSteez just a few days ago.) The CEO Marve Frazier is the maverick at the helm of a ship that [...]
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Nowadays, a phone has to be both stylish and functional. A cell could have all the latest and greatest tech, but will sit on the shelves collecting dust if it’s ugly. As more emphasis is placed on design, we as a mobile phone community have become shallow. As a result, cellphone companies have been falling [...]
Read MoreBob Johnson Speaks on Urban Television (Part 1)
I had the chance to sit down with BET founder and entrepreneur, Bob Johnson to discuss a range of topics including his latest venture Urban Television. Bob and I talked about the fundamental differences between BET and Urban Television, in particularly the way programs will be vetted and scheduled. In addition to Urban Television, we [...]
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