The Source Magazine to Launch Multiple New Web Series
One of the leading publications covering hip hop music and culture, The Source magazine announced a slate of new original online programming to premiere across its digital and mobile platforms. The new programs will take elements fresh off the pages of The Source magazine’s printed edition and mix them with original, fun and compelling new ideas encompassing [...]
Read MoreJay-Z and Kanye West’s Anticipated Album “Watch the Throne” to be Available Exclusively at iTunes
Music icons, Jay-Z and Kanye West have joined their extraordinary talents to form the group ‘The Throne’ and confirm the most anticipated album and touring event of the year, Watch the Throne. On Monday, August 8th , the extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime album collaboration, Watch the Throne, will be available worldwide exclusively on iTunes. On the same day, tickets will be made [...]
Read More2011 Black Weblog Award Winners and Blogging While Brown Highlights
The 2011 Blogging While Brown Conference and Black Weblog Awards took place this weekend. The conference consisted of panels, sessions and keynotes that provided technology and business education to an audience primarily comprised of African American digital media content creators on Friday. The entire event concluded with the Black Weblog Awards hosted by actress Kim Coles [...]
Read MoreBET Awards 2011 Engage Viewers with Social Media Lounge
The BET Awards aired last night, engaging in what was their biggest digital marketing campaign called the Social Media Lounge, sponsored by Ford. The show featured major social media integration, including viewer twitter updates, backstage live streaming video on BET.com and the giveaway of a 2012 Ford Focus to one person that participated in the [...]
Read MoreBlack Startups Get Huge Push From New Me Accelerator Program
It was an historic last night in Mountain View, CA as the first annual New Me Accelerator program, designed to motivate African-American technological entrepreneurship, launched on the campuses of Google, Inc. Created by Angela Benton (founder) and Wayne Sutton, NME has been the continuation of Ms. Benton’s commitment to empower and create opportunity for African-Americans in the digital [...]
Read MoreJet Magazine Crafts Web Strategy
For months media analysts, journalists, and the black community have been speculating the fate of Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of seminal magazines, Ebony and Jet. It’s no secret that the company like many other publications have been teetering on the brink of collapse due to decline in ad pages and subscriptions as well as increasing [...]
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