Robert Johnson scolds Alfred Liggins for FCC Complaint

Robert Johnson, entrepreneur and founder of BET has some harsh words for Interactive One’s CEO Alfred Liggins, about their recent FCC complaint in opposition of Johnson’s newest endeavor Urban Television, LLC. In the letter Johnson states: As you know, TV One is the only minority-owned channel since BET is now a division of Viacom, yet you [...]

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The BW20 Stimulus Plan

President Obama has taken swift action to turn around America’s steep economic downturn by wasting no time and moving an $820 billion stimulus package proposal through congress.  Still, a little more scrutiny could have been used in deciding where the money will and will not be spent.  How is $50 million dollars in grants to [...]

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Interview with Smokey Fontaine of Interactive One

In this episode of the Black Web 2.0 Show, we discuss content, the business of content, and entrepreneurship with Interactive One’s Chief Content Officer Smokey Fontaine. Smokey Fontaine has been a staple in the magazine industry for years, holding positions with such magazine giants (no pun intended) such as Vibe Magazine, The Source Magazine, and [...]

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The 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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OnOne Enters the Deadpool

Interactive One’s first foray into social networking, OnOne will be entering the dead pool on October 1st.  The death of OnOne is just a little house cleaning in preparation to unify the current OnOne users with Interactive One’s most recent acquisition, Black Planet. According to an email sent by the OnOne administrators, the “new and [...]

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BlackPlanet.com is focused man…

On focus groups that is.  If you’re a member of BlackPlanet.com who actually reads their emails and doesn’t have them directed straight to your Spam box you may have gotten an email from them yesterday soliciting your participation in a focus group.  If you didn’t get the email, or just don’t read them, you may [...]

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Interactive One is not your average start-up

Smokey Fontaine, Chief Content Officer at Interactive One, describes the company as a “super start-up” in a quick interview with MarketWatch.  Thanks to Theo for the heads-up on this:

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Radio One Reports Loss, May Sell Non-Black Sites

Source Washington Post Maybe Radio One’s spending habits are starting to catch up with them, as they reported an $11.7 million second-quarter loss. The company stated losses were due to a weaker radio advertising market, and their expanded Internet efforts. Average radio ad prices were down 5 percent as budget-conscious companies have tightened up and shifted [...]

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NewsOne and Why Black Blogs are so Important

Does filling your web property with Associated Press news articles about black issues make you a black news source? Well it does if you’re Radio One’s NewsOne. As Black writers continue to struggle for credence in mainstream media, it seems as if NewsOne thinks that Black folks shouldn’t write about their own issues either. Aside [...]

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Where do you fit in the Black America Study?

Last week Radio One and Yankelovick (a consumer market research agency) released the “largest national survey of African-Americans” and website that hosts the findings on BlackAmericaStudy.com.  It is definitely interesting and gives great insight into Blacks and our relationship with New Media.  The study surveyed about 3,400 Blacks and also states what many of you [...]

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