James Andrews leaves Ketchum Digital to launch EVERYWHERE

James Andrews, Vice President of Ketchum Digital has left his post to strike out on his own. James, along with his two co-founders Danica Kombol, a former VP at Ketchum, and Tamara Knechtel, formerly SVP of Operations at Radio One, has announced the launch of EVERYWHERE, a social media communications and content development company. The [...]

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Best Buy Wants to Fund Your Startup

Consumer electronics retailer, Best Buy is looking to get into the startup business. Best Buy will be provided the capital for a new investment fund dealing solely with digital media. The fund will be managed by Fuse Capital formerly Velocity Interactive Group. Fuse brings it’s experience investing in technology startups while Best Buy brings the [...]

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RushmoreDrive Enters Deadpool, Confirmed

We broke it, and Paid Content confirmed today that IAC’s black targeted search engine Rushmore Drive will officially close its doors this week Friday. The closure will affect 17 employees, and according to an IAC spokesperson was due in “part of their continued effort to rationalize the IAC emerging business.” See the full quote below: An IAC [...]

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IAC’s RushmoreDrive.com: Is it Over?

The 38% of you who voted that Rushmore Drive would be the first to enter the deadpool may have hit the nail on the head. It seems as if Rushmore Drive, the search engine for the black community, may shut down as early as Friday of this week. Sources close to RushmoreDrive tell us [...]

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Update: Johnny Taylor Resigns as CEO of RushmoreDrive

Johnny Taylor CEO of Rushmore Drive has abruptly announced his resignation effective immediately as CEO of Rushmore Drive. Taylor’s resignation comes off the heels of a sales negotiation with an undisclosed company to buy Rushmore Drive, which was later rejected by IAC executives. In a letter forwarded to Black Web 2.0 Taylor states: As you [...]

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Audio: Interview with CNBC’s Carlos Watson

In this episode of the Black Web 2.0 Show, we talk with MSNBC contributor and founder of TheStimulist.com Carlos Watson. Carlos discusses his motivation for starting TheStimulist as well as the blog’s unique content structure and voice. We also dig a little into Carlos’ media background and how the industry has been changed by the [...]

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Is Bing the Search Engine of the Future?

I’ve avoided talking about Bing because I kinda think web search is boring. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely a vital tool, but Google already has that on lock and we’ve already seen new search engines try to step to Google and fail miserably. Then again, I remember when Altavista was my search engine of [...]

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CurrentHipHop Brings the Freshest Hip-Hop Content on the Web

Finding the exact types of content you’re looking for is an ongoing battle for many of us. Sure, you probably know a few sites where you can find hot new music, maybe even download it. You probably also follow a few hip-hop blogs. Wouldn’t it be easier if there was one place you could go [...]

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Emil Wilbekin Ditches GIANT for Essence

Industry veteran, Emil Wilbekin has been named Managing Editor of Essence.com. Emil, best known for his 12-year tenure as Editor-in Chief of “Vibe” magazine, and more recently for his work as Editor-in-Chief of GIANT Magazine, will join Essence.com’s General Manager, Lesley Pinckney, to comprise the Essence.com leadership team. As Managing Editor, Emil will lead the [...]

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Figuring out Daatum.com

Over the past few years it seems like every service one can think of has gone to the web to ‘become more social’. Need to send and receive faxes without a fax machine? Try efax. Need to collaborate with people across the planet on a novel or business plan? There’s Google Docs, Etherpad and Thinkfree. [...]

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