Danyel Smith Steps Down as Executive Editor of TheRoot
Posted by Angela
The Maynard Institute reported yesterday that the Executive Editor Danyel Smith has stepped down from her post at TheRoot.com after 6 short weeks. It’s being reported that the decision was made largely because of her commute between New York and Washington DC where TheRoot’s operations are based. TheRoot’s publisher Donna Byrd gave this statement:
“We are [...]
Global Grind Acquires CelebrityTweet.com
Posted by Angela
Russell Simmons @UncleRush announced via Twitter today that Global Grind had acquired celebrity twitter aggregation site CelebrityTweet.com. We’ve contacted them the get terms of the deal and will update if we hear back. He mentioned on Twitter that he thinks the site’s integration into Global Grind will help the property continue to grow. Developing…
Read More#BeatCancer Breaks Twitter Trends and Sets Guinness World Record
Posted by Angela
EVERYWHERE, a Social Media Marketing and Content Development firm based in Atlanta, GA set a record October 16-17th for the most widespread social network message in 24 hours. According to Radian6, the official online monitoring company, the phrase #BeatCancer set the record with 209,771 mentions on Twitter, Facebook and blog posts. This translates into an [...]
Read MoreBlackAtlas.com Launched Today…Syke.
Posted by Angela
Not sure if you missed yesterdays coverage (late coverage) of the BlackAtlas.com preview, it included video and a nice overview of what the value proposition of Black Atlas would be. I was really interested in seeing what the site would look like and the different functionality it would have and to be honest, if I [...]
Read MoreAmerican Airlines and Burrell Launch BlackAtlas.com
Posted by Angela
American Airlines developed BlackAtlas.com in partnership with Burrell Communications and Juxt Interactive and is a “social networking” site that will allow travelers to share travel experiences that may be unique to African-Americans with each other and the community there. The site’s content will be user generated for the most part however Nelson George will serve [...]
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