Harlem Heights Adds Depth Online
by Nokware Knight
Harlem Heights, a reality show about a group of Harlem professionals in their late 20’s, debuted on BET last night. BET did a great deal of marketing the show off and online. To extend the shows brand online BET also put in work on their own website, including video clip extras and a blog covering [...]
Read MoreEX-XXL Editor to Launch Online Hip-Hop Magazine
by Markus Robinson
Do we need yet another Hip-Hop blog? According to Elliott Wilson the answer is yes! Wilson, the former editor of XXL magazine plans on entering the already crowded online hip-hop magazine business. RapRadar, slated to launch March 9th (interesting date choice), will attempt to create a voice that, according to Elliot, “has been lacking among [...]
Read MoreSmooth Mag Blog Struggles
by Nokware Knight
The most popular Black men’s magazines have been having a comparatively hard time adjusting online. King-mag.com and smoothmag.com have both seen their total traffic in terms of unique visitors per month drop to about half of what it was a year ago. Much like in the print world, that has left Smooth as an also-ran [...]
Read MoreBig Box Black History
by Jade
This year marked a historical year in black history. As celebrations happen in communities throughout the world, there are also things going on online. The three best known Big Box stores (Walmart, Target and Kmart) have found their way online to celebrate black history month. They all took very different approaches and [...]
Read MoreTwenty-Eight Days Turns Black History Into Black Progress
by rahsheen
AT&T recently rolled out a new campaign called Twenty-Eight Days which uses a Facebook Page to create a community of people interested in changing the focus of Black History Month:
“Black History Month is traditionally a time for looking back,” reads the site. “But what if we used every single day of this month to shape [...]
