IAC’s Cutting Emerging Businesses is Rushmore Drive at Risk?

IAC, parent company of the “black search engine” RushmoreDrive, may be looking to shed some of its emerging business. According to this year’s 3 quarter earnings call, CEO Barry Diller reported that, “No businesses in the emerging sectors are carrying any big investments. It is an area we not going to emphasize in the future: [...]

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Shane Norman

This week’s Peeps of the Web profiles Shane Norman, Manager of Interactive Sales & Marketing for New York Fox television stations. Shane shares with us his thoughts about the current state of interactive sales and tips on how he overcomes them. Enjoy!

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PeopleBrowsr Brings Power to Twitter and Others

PeopleBrowsr is a new service, currently Alpha 0.692, that aims to tie your social networks and profiles together. You can view all your data from your networks in one place. Simply sign in with your Twitter account and add your other logins once you get in. Services currently supported include: Flickr, FriendFeed, Identi.ca, Seesmic, Twitter, [...]

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Soulja Boy’s Bird Walk

It was over year ago that we declared Soulja Boy a Web 2.0 Wonder. Well he’s back at it again, but this time with a new hook. With his new song and dance, “Bird Walk,” fans are given the opportunity to learn the dance and upload their own video to be featured [...]

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Sushi USB Drive

With the holidays now in full swing, coming off of CyberMonday I figured it’s a great time to start giving you our holiday tech reviews. But before we can kick off our reviews you have to know the hottest place to acquire the best gadgets. Before I give you one of the best sites online [...]

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Bob Johnson’s Newest Venture: Urban Television with an Interactive Twist

Founder of Black Entertainment Television Bob Johnson is using his knowledge of the television industry to create a unique new business model with his latest Urban Television venture. Teaming up with ION Media Networks, Johnson’s new Urban Television venture may reside on ION’s 42 channels. The joint venture has filed an application with the Federal [...]

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Interview with Smokey Fontaine of Interactive One

In this episode of the Black Web 2.0 Show, we discuss content, the business of content, and entrepreneurship with Interactive One’s Chief Content Officer Smokey Fontaine. Smokey Fontaine has been a staple in the magazine industry for years, holding positions with such magazine giants (no pun intended) such as Vibe Magazine, The Source Magazine, and [...]

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Tarpipe Tries to Automate Sharing

Let’s say I just caught my 1yr old son tearing something down…again. I snap a picture of it because, even though he’s bad, he takes the time to smile at me in the midst of his demolition. I would like to share this picture online, not because I’m afraid and want to document a history [...]

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A Troubled Marriage: Journalism and Blogging

The crux of professional journalism is the first amendment of the constitution, enabling the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. As with most interpretations, the definition of this fact is slanted with the ubiquity of perspective the internet provides. Blogging and its popularity is the quintessential example, and most bloggers just want [...]

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#blck on Twitter

The past few days we noticed a hashtag appear on Twitter that we hadn’t seen before: #blck. In a system that doesn’t allow for the creation of communities, an easy search for robust profiles, the “#blck is a tag created at first with the idea that you can identify yourself as a “black person” on Twitter… [...]

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