Are You Following @FricaFact !?
A few months ago, I launched a fun little mash-up application called FricaFact. The basic premise being that I would tweet one fact about Africa every day. As I got busier setting up Appfrica Labs, I found it more and more difficult to sustain this as a hobby. Now that things are running more smoothly with the company, I wanted to make sure I found the time to bring it back online with a new podcast, tons of new @fricafacts and new ideas.
Read MoreBrandon Lucas Named New VP and GM of BET Mobile
Brandon Lucas, the former executive director for business development at MySpace, has been hired as the new vice president and general manager of Black Entertainment Television (BET) Mobile. Lucas reports directly to Denmark West, president of BET Digital Media, and is based in Los Angeles.As the head of BET Mobile, Lucas is responsible for driving the wireless business, strategy and partnerships for BET Networks.
Read MoreInteractive One Adds `BlackPlanet Rising,’ A Philanthropic and Public Service Site
Interactive One, the parent company of BlackPlanet.com, Hello Beautiful and other social networks, has launched yet another site — BlackPlanet Rising.
BlackPlanet Rising becomes the Internet’s newest large-scale, African-American site focused on philanthropy and community service.
Read MoreCo-Founder of Uptown Dishes on Vibe Deal (part 3)
In this part of our interview with Brett Wright he talks about being a print purest. He makes a point on not trying to make Vibe an affluent publication in its’ rebirth while also stating: “We would not have done Vibe.com if we couldn’t have figured out how to do a print version. We believe [...]
Read MoreCo-Founder of Uptown Dishes on Vibe Deal (part 2)
Brett Wright goes into detail on the new Vibe’s business model and their advertising network referred to in our discussion as the Vibe Lifestyle Network which would not only focus on CPM sales but would service true brand integration opportunities. They hope to not only include Vibe and Uptown but would also like to involve [...]
Read MoreCo-Founder of Uptown Dishes on Vibe Deal (Part 1)
We got a chance to catch-up with Brett Wright Co-Founder of Uptown Media Group and new partner in the acquisition of the recently revived Vibe Magazine this morning. He talks with us about the Partnership’s plan to revive a new version of Vibe that is being dubbed internally as Vibe 2.0. The talks of the [...]
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