Christina Milian Named New Social Media Correspondent for NBC’s “The Voice”
Christina Milian joins NBC’s The Voice as their new social media correspondent. Milian’s job will require her to interact with fans on Facebook, Twitter, NBC Live, and NBC.com. Last season, The Voice trained finalists to leverage blogs, Facebook Pages and Twitter, and gave them cameras and Samsung Galaxy Tabs. According to a spokesperson for The Voice, Milian knows [...]
Read MoreTheGrio.com Partners with NewsOne.com to Form the Largest Black News Alliance
NBC News and Interactive One announced a partnership this week that will form the premier African-American digital news alliance with the widest audience reach in the industry. The partnership leverages complementary assets from NBC News TheGrio.com and Interactive One’s NewsOne.com to create an expanded platform for African-American journalism. This new digital alliance between TheGrio and NewsOne creates [...]
Read MoreMario Armstrong Blogs About His Emmy Award Winning Experience
Media Personality and Digital Lifestyle Expert, Mario Armstrong was honored by The National Capital Chesapeake Bay chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) with an Emmy Award. Armstrong was awarded an Emmy for Best TV Show Host/Moderator for his work on the Maryland Public Television Program “You Can Afford College on [...]
Read MoreTheGrio and Foursquare Launch Black History Badge
In celebration of Black History Month, TheGrio.com will launch “TheGrio’s 100: History Makers in the Making Class of 2011,” today. TheGrio’s 100 will highlight African-Americans in business, education, sports, science and the environment, media, service and activism, politics, health, pop culture, and the arts who are making a difference. TheGrio’s 100 will be featured across [...]
Read MoreHulu Struggles to Keep Up With Changing World of Internet TV
According to the Wall Street Journal, Fox Broadcasting owner News Corp. and ABC owner Disney are contemplating pulling some free content from Hulu. The problem is that the networks providing content for Hulu are not satisfied with the current business model. They are not sure how much of their content they should offer for free [...]
Read MoreWhat the Comcast-NBC Merger Means for the Digital Divide
Yesterday’s announcement that the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice approved the merger to Comcast and NBC-Universal created a large amount of media scrutiny. Most reports focused on size of the deal, and the merger is indeed a staggering one. The deal joins Comcast’s cable network and TV channels with NBC-Universal’s theme parks, [...]
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