Inside Look at MediaTakeOut.com

From the outside-in, MediaTakeOut.com looks a little different than most urban entertainment blogs.  But Fred Mwangaguhunga, the website’s founder, says the site was originally created to (and still is) primarily run as a business that fills a void in the online media marketspace. “It’s not an extension of personality, it’s not a hobby, it’s not some [...]

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Think About ‘The Black Factor’

With companies laying off their workers left and right, it’s become more important than ever to keep in step with the nuances of the modern workforce. For African-Americans, this can be a particularly prickly task to handle. Some companies are definitely more liberal than others, and often times, it can be hard to discern what [...]

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Is Global Grind’s Star Power Enough?

Global Grind, Hip-Hop’s Digg, has now positioned themselves to be “Hip-Hop’s Huffington Post” according to the new editor in chief Russell Simmons. Russell has enlisted the help of some of his A and B (some C and D) list celebrity friends in music and on screen. Stars including Nia Long, Dame Dash, LL Cool J, [...]

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Not Sure What To Write? Plinky Can Help.

Plinky is a service that dropped earlier today. Let me make it clear that they do not consider themselves a microblogging platform and I tend to agree. While most new social media services focus on giving you a place to put your content, connect with friends, and aggregate content that you’ve created elsewhere, Plinky takes [...]

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Bloggers Debate Anonymity vs Branding

The Black entertainment blogging game may seem like low-hanging fruit for people new to the game, but as any successful blogger will tell you, it was no cake walk to get where they are today. Most entertainment bloggers do so anonymously through a catchy pseudonym and a faceless presence, but with these blogs getting more [...]

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Gina McCauley

This week’s Peeps of the Web profiles Gina McCauley, Lawyer, Blogger, and Coordinator of the Blogging While Brown Conference. Gina shares with us her thoughts on social media, blogging, and the future of the Blogging While Brown Conference. Black Web 2.0: Let’s start by telling the people who you are…in a nutshell. Gina McCauley: Well my name is [...]

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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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It’s Time for an Ad Manager

So you have a great blog, your traffic is up, and now it’s time to make some money. You have signed up with an ad network, and you’re getting multiple offers from companies interested in purchasing your ad inventory. But how do you manage it all? A few months ago I would have recommended OpenX, [...]

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Verizon V740 EVDO

As many of you know this year at the Democratic National Convention in Denver there are more bloggers than ever covering the happenings 24/7. However, in order for a blogger to really be successful covering a live event you absolutely need consistent internet access. Internet access and “live blogging” is a marriage kinda-like ‘turkey and swiss’ or ‘cherry and [...]

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Clutch Magazine’s 1st Annual Blog Academy

So if you haven’t heard yet Clutch Magazine is having their 1st Annual Blog Academy this summer. Along with others Black Web 2.0 will be partnering with Clutch to share social media tips on how you can succeed online in this Web 2.0 world. The academy will last for 2 months and will [...]

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