BlackPlanet’s Featured Blogger Program

Many of you (including us) have been contacted by someone on staff at BlackPlanet about their new Featured Blogger Program. It is being described by BlackPlanet’s Chief Content Officer Smokey Fontaine as: Essentially, it’s a home page program that uses my content sites as distribution points for our community’s best bloggers. It’s something I may [...]

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Blackplanet.com Hacked

You may remember from earlier in the year our report on a group of hackers known worldwide as “Anonymous” hacking into popular hip-hop websites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com. It’s rumored that the group may be behind a similar attack which took place earlier today on BlackPlanet.com. Comments on a press release from NewsOne raises concern if whether [...]

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The BlackPlanet Universe

Just last week we wrote about OnOne’s short life span and its entering the deadpool (theoretically).  Well, this week Interactive One has made distinct changes to further integrate the bevy of sites they recently launched into their recently acquired BlackPlanet.com.  You will notice that NewsOne, The Urban Daily, Hello Beautiful, and Giant are all now [...]

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OnOne Enters the Deadpool

Interactive One’s first foray into social networking, OnOne will be entering the dead pool on October 1st.  The death of OnOne is just a little house cleaning in preparation to unify the current OnOne users with Interactive One’s most recent acquisition, Black Planet. According to an email sent by the OnOne administrators, the “new and [...]

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Black Web 2.0 Show: Interview with Omar Wasow Co-founder of BlackPlanet.com and Product Strategist for TheRoot.com

In Episode # 8 of the Black Web 2.0 Show we speak with Omar Wasow co-founder of BlackPlanet.com and Product Strategist for the TheRoot.com. Omar is pursuing a doctorate in African American studies and political science at Harvard University. In addition to his graduate work, Omar is the co-founder of BlackPlanet.com. Under Omar’s leadership [...]

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Pioneers in Online Media Donna Byrd and Omar Wasow Team Up to Redefine Black Media

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Root, an online magazine featuring perspectives from prominent and emerging black thought leaders, today announced that Omar Wasow will be the site’s Product Strategist, joining recently named Publisher Donna Byrd. [...]

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Radio One Announces Exclusive Ad Sales Deal With AllHipHop.com

Interactive One, the digital division of Radio One, has announced a 5 year multi-million dollar advertising deal with AllHipHop.com, the top online destination for Hip-Hop news. AllHipHop now joins the recently acquired Blackplanet.com, and Interactive One’s collection of web properties, including Newsone.com, Tvone, Giantmag.com, and 50+ urban radio station websites across the country, creating one [...]

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InteractiveOne’s Web Strategy

There has been lots of buzz around InteractiveOne, a RadioOne company that plans to focus on interactive web media. Many of us have been wondering what exactly is InteractiveOne and what plans does RadioOne have for it? I recently noticed there are actually a few sites out there from InteractiveOne that are either in Beta or [...]

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Community Connect bought buy RadioOne for $38 million

Community Connect was purchased by RadioOne today for $38 million. We broke the news first on Community Connect being up for sale back in February. Community Connect owns BlackPlanet.com, MiGente.com, and AsianAve.com. This is a major move in the space as RadioOne continues to make strategic decisions regarding their interactive venture, [...]

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