The History Of #BlackTwitter [infographic]
Here’s an infographic I thought I would never see back when I joined twitter in 2006. “A History Of Black Twitter” infographic was created by NewsOne. Take a look at let me know in the comments if they left anything out and/or what’s your thoughts on the #blacktwitter phenomenon.
Read MoreBlack Entrepreneur Pencils Herself Into Silicon Valley
Tiffani Ashley Bell is the founder and CEO of Pencil You In and a member of the NewMe Accelerator. She will be blogging about her experiences in Silicon Valley. I’m Tiffani Ashley Bell and I founded Pencil You In as a way to allow hairstylists and makeup artists to accept appointments online and by extension, grow their clientele. I’ve been programming since [...]
Read MoreSharpton: “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 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, [...]
Read MoreThe BlackPlanet Universe
Just last week we wrote about OnOne’s short life span and its entering the deadpool (theoretically). Well, this week Interactive One has made distinct changes to further integrate the bevy of sites they recently launched into their recently acquired BlackPlanet.com. You will notice that NewsOne, The Urban Daily, Hello Beautiful, and Giant are all now [...]
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