Amid A Crisis, Ebony, Jet Look To Web For Help

Strategy

Eric Easter may have one of the most challenging jobs in interactive media. As Vice President, Digital & Entertainment for Johnson Publishing Co., he must grow a website that supports two of Black America’s most famous magazines – Ebony and Jet – whose combined circulation is more than two million. At the same time, Easter feels he should use the Internet to reach a new, younger audience that does not read the magazines.

Tagged.com Engaged In Identity Theft and Spamming Says New York Attorney General

News

Tagged.com, one of the fastest growing social networking sites, has more than eight million monthly visitors – but New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo charges that the company built its following by raiding email address books, stealing identities and spamming millions of people. Cuomo has served Tagged with formal notice that his office intends to sue the company for deceptive email marketing practices and invasion of privacy.

Interactive 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.