Are African-Americans Taking More of an Interest in News Web Sites Than Gossip Sites?
At some point or another, someone has probably asked you “Did you see… On Media Take Out today?” If not, you can replace it with any other black gossip news site. Numbers have shown that black people love their gossip news, but they are just as interested in hard news as they are gossip. Journal-isms [...]
Read MoreMediaTakeout.com Announce Joint Venture For Original Web Programming
One of the most popular urban entertainment sites, MediaTakeout.com is stepping outside the box offering faithful visitors something new. They announced that they are expanding its online site by developing a TV/Web portion to its much popular online medium. MediaTakeout.com entered into a joint venture deal with film acquisition and distribution company Fisher Klingenstein Films [...]
Read MoreTalent Search: What Black Media Can Learn from Google
When Google launched its famous equation recruitment campaign in Cambridge in September 2004 I was amazed to see how many students from area schools like Harvard and MIT were camped out crunching numbers. Screw class. This was an opportunity for the best to possibly get a position at one of the hottest companies around (Google’s [...]
Read MoreInside Look at MediaTakeOut.com
From the outside-in, MediaTakeOut.com looks a little different than most urban entertainment blogs. But Fred Mwangaguhunga, the website’s founder, says the site was originally created to (and still is) primarily run as a business that fills a void in the online media marketspace. “It’s not an extension of personality, it’s not a hobby, it’s not [...]
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