BlackPlanet.com is focused man…

On focus groups that is.  If you’re a member of BlackPlanet.com who actually reads their emails and doesn’t have them directed straight to your Spam box you may have gotten an email from them yesterday soliciting your participation in a focus group.  If you didn’t get the email, or just don’t read them, you may [...]

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Radio One Reports Loss, May Sell Non-Black Sites

Source Washington Post Maybe Radio One’s spending habits are starting to catch up with them, as they reported an $11.7 million second-quarter loss. The company stated losses were due to a weaker radio advertising market, and their expanded Internet efforts. Average radio ad prices were down 5 percent as budget-conscious companies have tightened up and shifted [...]

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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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MySpace Latino > MiGente

It looks like MySpace is stepping on to CCI’s turf. For those who don’t know about CCI, it’s Community Connect, the parent company behind ethnic community sites like BlackPlanet.com, MiGente.com, and AsianAvenue.com, as well as a GLBT site and faith-based site. MS’s parent, News Corp., must be smelling all that immigrant money. (J/K) But [...]

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