Sharpton: “Black Digital Media Has A Chance To Make History”
The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke Tuesday about the importance of Black digital media at the headquarters of the largest digital media company super-targeted to the African-American audience according to Comscore, InteractiveOne. Sharpton’s appearance focused on his belief that not only is Black digital media important to the re-election of President Obama, but to the African [...]
Read MoreTagged, Google, InteractiveOne and Others Line Up to Sponsor NewME Accelerator #BOOM
Important Note: You may see Wayne and I say #BOOM consistently in the coming weeks and throughout the summer, it’s our version of the fist bump, lol We are just a couple of weeks out at this point and we are still in awe about the amount of support that we’ve gotten not only from [...]
Read MoreGIANT Magazine Suspends Print and Launches GIANTLife.com
Interactive One’s Giant Magazine, has suspended its print edition to focus on its online presence. The magazine, which was purchased by Radio One in 2007, announced the news via a press release today. Tom Newman, President of Interactive One, states; “The economic downturn has had a tremendous impact on print media and we had to [...]
Read MoreTwo Interactive One Sites Awarded 2009 Webbys
InteractiveOne websites GIANTMag.com and TheUrbanDaily.com will both receive honorable mentions at this year’s 13th Annual Webby Awards. GIANTMag.com, the online extension of GIANT Magazine, is being recognized in the “Magazine” and “Celebrity/Fan” categories, and TheUrbanDaily.com, a site dedicated to entertainment, in the “Celebrity/Fan” category. “It is a great honor to be recognized by the Webby [...]
Read MoreBlackPlanet’s Featured Blogger Program
Many of you (including us) have been contacted by someone on staff at BlackPlanet about their new Featured Blogger Program. It is being described by BlackPlanet’s Chief Content Officer Smokey Fontaine as: Essentially, it’s a home page program that uses my content sites as distribution points for our community’s best bloggers. It’s something I may [...]
Read MoreBlackPlanet Universe on YouTube
If you thought all that InteractiveOne had to offer thus far was a 10+ year old social network and conent that you could simply scan from time to time think again. Late last week InteractiveOne introduced its own video channel on YouTube that encompasses the full BlackPlanet Universe (GIANT, NewsOne, Urban Daily, BlackPlanet, Hello Beautiful, [...]
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