IAC’s RushmoreDrive.com: Is it Over?

The 38% of you who voted that Rushmore Drive would be the first to enter the deadpool may have hit the nail on the head. It seems as if Rushmore Drive, the search engine for the black community, may shut down as early as Friday of this week. Sources close to RushmoreDrive tell us [...]

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Update: Johnny Taylor Resigns as CEO of RushmoreDrive

Johnny Taylor CEO of Rushmore Drive has abruptly announced his resignation effective immediately as CEO of Rushmore Drive. Taylor’s resignation comes off the heels of a sales negotiation with an undisclosed company to buy Rushmore Drive, which was later rejected by IAC executives. In a letter forwarded to Black Web 2.0 Taylor states: As you [...]

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Rushmore Drive’s New Design Focused on Search

Time may be running short at black targeted search engine Rushmore Drive, amidst a negative earnings call by parent company IAC, which reported a first-quarter net loss of $28.4 million, compared to a profit of $52.8 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company is now more than ever focused on their goal [...]

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Black Voices releases Toolbar, Desktop App, and Email Service

AOL Black Voices, the leading online destination for African-Americans, is far from satisfied with their steadily increasing year-over-year growth. Today we noticed Black Voices released a toolbar, desktop application, and email service (yes another email service), that allows users to read and access Black Voices’ content no matter where they are or what they’re doing [...]

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RushmoreDrive Announces Top Search and Email

The black targeted search engine RushmoreDrive has added two new features to its lineup of online offerings. Stealing a few pages out of Google’s book, RD is now offering a listing of their Most Popular Searches and a brand new Email Service. RushmoreDrive’s “most popular searches” is a listing of the most popular keywords collected by [...]

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Election Day Coverage Online

If you’re like me and would prefer to catch tonight’s election day coverage online instead of from your TV or Radio, then you’re in luck, because there’s no shortage of online coverage for today’s historic election. Black online media properties are no exception either. We have compiled a small listing of just some of the [...]

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Pics from RushmoreDrive Launch Event

Markus gave you updated blog posts yesterday, today here is a recap of sorts in pics: RushmoreDrive Launch Event – NY You can also check out the Events widget in our sidebar.

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