Ford adds Gwen Peake to Social Media Division

Ford is already pretty well known for it’s social media strategy, led by Scott Monty, and was ranked the #1 Social Automotive Brand by Virtue.com.  They not only use social media to engage with current customers (and potential customers) for Ford products, they also use it for Customer Service and to combat “haters” when those [...]

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Black Web 2.0 on HuffPoTech

Earlier today we wrote about the Launch of HuffPoTech and the direction they’ll take covering Technology news.  They plan to cover technology and how it effects the people who use it and build it not just chase the news.  So I am especially excited because Robin Caldwell our Managing Editor will be contributing to HuffPoTech [...]

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Huffington Post Launches Technology and Innovations Section

Last Monday The Huffington Post announced it would launch a Technology and Innovations section on September 21st. The section will be lead by Jose Antonio Vargas. In the blog post last week titled Technology is Anthropology Vargas goes into detail on how this Technology blog will be a bit different than what we are use to.

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Danyel Smith named Executive Editor of theRoot

Former Editor-in-Chief of Vibe Magazine Danyel Smith was named this morning as theRoot’s Executive Editor reports the NYTimes. “I’m overjoyed to join THE ROOT,” said Smith. “I’m honored to join a site that has become, in such a short time, a critical voice for issues that matter to the African-American community.” We recently interviewed Danyel not long [...]

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Vibe.com Re-Launch goes live as a Blog

Co-CEO Brett Wright, updated his Facebook status this morning with the news of a new Vibe.com: As you can see he states that it is the “first step” of many more to come and so far it is…well…a blog.  Most people will probably go to the site and expect something more robust however the site does [...]

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How to Raise Angel Capital via Ron Conway

If you are looking for capital and are an early stage company (which I know many of you are) it doesn’t get much better than Ron Conway.  Conway was an early stage investor in companies like Google, Ask Jeeves, and Paypal and is known for the number of investments he has made in start-ups.  He [...]

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Vibe Names Jermaine Hall Editor-in-Chief

Yesterday the NYTimes revealed that Vibe named Jermaine Hall (@JermaineHall) it’s Editor-in-Chief. Hall will be the EIC for not only the printed publication but also for Vibe.com. In a phone interview with the NYTimes Brett Wright described the website as a place to find coverage on urban entertainment and music on a “regular, daily, [...]

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XM Satellite Radio gives you a Daily Dose of Tech

New to the XM Sirius line up is the only DAILY Tech show to air on satellite in PRIME TIME, “The Mario Armstrong Show.”  So if you just can’t get enough of Tech afer you shut down your computer you can tune into ch. 169 (The Power) Monday – Friday 6pm EDT. – It premiers [...]

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Freemium Your Content with Social Cord (audio)

When I first heard about Social Cord (via @waynesutton) the service which had been explained as being similar to “Cable for Social Networks” was immediately intriguing.  I visited the site and even read up on some articles via Venture Beat and Mashable, both of which didn’t do the service any justice (not so much Venture [...]

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Michael Vick Claims Blog on Global Grind isn’t his

I am admittedly no huge sports fan, especially when it comes to football, however a story regarding Michael Vick's recent blog post on Global Grind struck me as interesting. It is being reported from various sources including the Philadelphia Daily News and ProFootballTalk.com that there is dispute between Vick/Eagles and Global Grind on the authenticity of a blog post published on Global Grind this past Sunday titled "WHAT I DID WAS HORRENDOUS."

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