D-Nice: True Hip-Hop Stories
Legendary rapper-producer Derrick “D-Nice” Jones has been known most recently for his time spent in the photography/film studio than in the music studios. D-Nice’s most recent project, True Hip-Hop stories, is proof that his time was well spent. True Hip-Hop Stories, is a collection of documentaries chronicling the past and present day lives of Hip-Hop [...]
Read MoreiPhone App Review: Yes it’s HammerTime
First Lil Wayne and now MC Hammer comes to your iPhone with his HammerTime iPhone application [iTunes link]. Hammer is fully embracing social media and now mobile media with the release of his new application. The app features links to his social networking dancing site, DanceJam.com, links to post about Hammer, his tweets and it [...]
Read MoreWeekly Money Trail- 08/01/2008
Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire software company Pure Networks for $120 million in cash as the networking giant expands its consumer product portfolio. This is Cisco’s first acquisition of a venture-backed company since it announced in November that it would acquire Securent, a provider of policy management software, for $100 million in cash. Cisco, [...]
Read MoreGlobalGrind to Launch Hip-Hop Network with Glam
There’s been big news for Glam Media lately: It acquired Monetise Ltd, an online media sales company based in the UK. It formed a partnership with Brightcove to boost video content for Glam’s network. Expanded to include video distribution across its network of sites, in partnership with Sony BMG, E! Online, Lifetime Networks, and TV [...]
Read MoreAlways On Hollywood 08
The Always on Hollywood event went off big as usual. There were tons of VC’s and institutional bankers there courting the business of the young, and the fresh (hot media start ups). There were quite a few impressive starts up offering their pitches for rooms full of venture capitalist ready to wage their calculated bets [...]
Read MoreJay-Z & The ‘Nation’ Doin’ the Damn Thing
Are you ready for the music industry revolution? Jay-Z and LiveNation are ready to bring it to you with the announcement of what is being billed as the largest music contract ever awarded at $150 Million. But that is only half the story. The other half is that they are formulating a new distribution and [...]
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