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Global Grind Acquires CelebrityTweet.com
Russell Simmons @UncleRush announced via Twitter today that Global Grind had acquired celebrity twitter aggregation site CelebrityTweet.com. We’ve contacted them the get terms of the deal and will update if we hear back. He mentioned on Twitter that he thinks the site’s integration into Global Grind will help the property continue to grow. Developing…
Continue reading...SwaggMedia Launches Persona Magazine During New York Fashion Week
Monday, September 7, 2009
This Friday, September 11, SwaggMedia will host a launch of Persona Magazine, both print and digital, with Russell Simmons and model, Amber Rose to kick off New York Fashion Week.
Continue reading...Michael Vick Claims Blog on Global Grind isn’t his
Monday, August 17, 2009
I am admittedly no huge sports fan, especially when it comes to football, however a story regarding Michael Vick's recent blog post on Global Grind struck me as interesting. It is being reported from various sources including the Philadelphia Daily News and ProFootballTalk.com that there is dispute between Vick/Eagles and Global Grind on the authenticity of a blog post published on Global Grind this past Sunday titled "WHAT I DID WAS HORRENDOUS."
Continue reading...The New Global Grind…Not so much about You
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Global Grind has just launched their newly redesigned front page, which seems to now put more focus on their editor’s selections than they do the reader’s choice. Hip-Hop’s Digg-Like news aggregator, which was first sold as a tool to democratize content by allowing users to submit and vote for their favorite articles, now looks more [...]
Continue reading...Global Grind Shake-up, CEO out, on the way to Deadpool?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
While working on a follow-up story to the Global Grind celebrity mass that they currently perpetrate as content I came across something much more interesting. The CEO of the company Navarrow Wright is no longer listed on the company About Us page suggesting that Wright and the company have parted ways. A cached version of [...]
Continue reading...Russell Simmons named new Editor-in-Chief of GlobalGrind.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Today GlobalGrind announced via live stream on their site the introduction of a Celebrity Network and Russell Simmons new involvement as Editor-in-Chief of the site. Simmons says the site will be the “Huffington Post of Hip-hop” If you have been on lately you may have noticed more and more celebrities being introduced into the site. [...]
Continue reading...Russell Simmons and Navarrow Wright on News and Notes
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Farai Chideya of NPR’s News and Notes sat down with Global Grind’s CEO Navarrow Wright and principal investor Russell Simmons to dicuss Politics, and the future of social media networking. Russell had some wonderful thoughts on the urban space and its influence on the world. I’m sure Navarrow had some great thoughts too, but Russell [...]
Continue reading...Global Grind Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Global Grind, teams up with Smart Water to host four exclusive VIP events celebrating the one-year anniversary of Global Grind’s launch, in conjunction with Russell Simmons birthday (Oct. 4th). Events will take place in select cites with event goers getting an exclusive first look at Global Grind’s new site features. The first event took place Monday, [...]
Continue reading...GlobalGrind Facebook App
Monday, April 7, 2008
The GlobalGrind Facebook app is pretty sweet I must admit. Essentially, what this app does is make it super easy for a GlobalGrind user with a Facebook account to access and utilize GlobalGrind within the Facebook framework. Adding the GlobalGrind Facebook app was simple and took no time at all. When you are logged in [...]
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