Global Grind Acquires CelebrityTweet.com
Russell Simmons @UncleRush announced via Twitter today that Global Grind had acquired celebrity twitter aggregation site CelebrityTweet.com. We’ve contacted them the get terms of the deal and will update if we hear back. He mentioned on Twitter that he thinks the site’s integration into Global Grind will help the property continue to grow. Developing…
Read MoreMichael Vick Claims Blog on Global Grind isn’t his
I am admittedly no huge sports fan, especially when it comes to football, however a story regarding Michael Vick’s recent blog post on Global Grind struck me as interesting. It is being reported from various sources including the Philadelphia Daily News and ProFootballTalk.com that there is dispute between Vick/Eagles and Global Grind on the authenticity of a blog post published on Global Grind this past Sunday titled “WHAT I DID WAS HORRENDOUS.”
Read MoreGlobal Grind Shake-up, CEO out, on the way to Deadpool?
While working on a follow-up story to the Global Grind celebrity mass that they currently perpetrate as content I came across something much more interesting. The CEO of the company Navarrow Wright is no longer listed on the company About Us page suggesting that Wright and the company have parted ways. A cached version of [...]
Read MoreRushmore Drive + Global Grind: A Good Match?
Fresh off the heels of their announcement of Russell Simmons as EIC and the addition of several celebrities to their blogging roster, Global Grind has now partnered with IAC’s Rushmore Drive, famous for their Black search engine and unique sorting algorithm for finding Black content on the web. According to a recent press release, the [...]
Read MoreIs 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, [...]
Read MoreRussell Simmons and Navarrow Wright on News and Notes
Farai Chideya of NPR’s News and Notes sat down with Global Grind’s CEO Navarrow Wright and principal investor Russell Simmons to dicuss Politics, and the future of social media networking. Russell had some wonderful thoughts on the urban space and its influence on the world. I’m sure Navarrow had some great thoughts too, but Russell [...]
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