No one will know who we are
as long as we allow other people to tell us who we are.
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BET.com is the top-rated Internet site catering to African Americans
Posted by Bad MoFo | August 10, 2010 09:50 AM
BET.com is the top-rated Internet site catering to African Americans, according to ComScore, an Internet ratings service. It received 3.5 million unique visitors in June, compared with 2.9 million for AOL Black Voices, 2.3 million for Media Takeout and 1.7 million for Black Planet.
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Jesse Jackson calls on Comcast-NBCU to increase ad spending with black media
Posted by Bad MoFo | July 13, 2010 06:55 AM
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., president and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, called on Comcast and NBC Universal to address the economic trade imbalance between Black-owned media and advertising firms which have been ignored in the hearings concerning the proposed merger of the two media giants.
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Blacks, Hispanics Continue to Lead in Mobile Data Usage
Posted by Bad MoFo | July 13, 2010 05:37 AM
About half of black and Hispanic adults access the mobile web, compared with one in three whites
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Comcast/NBCU Pledge Diversity Channels
Posted by Bad MoFo | July 09, 2010 07:17 AM
Despite one senator's efforts, Comcast continues to have no plans to divest its stake in Hulu if a joint venture with NBC Universal is completed. But looking to appeal to legislators, Comcast pledged to add eight independent TV networks -- four each controlled by African-American and Hispanic interests -- to its cable system, while creating a $20 million fund to assist minority entrepreneurs.
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BET Networks President Scott Mills reflects on 30 years of change at the company
Posted by Bad MoFo | June 23, 2010 05:21 PM
BET President Scott Mills, a naturally enthusiastic man who can talk from sun to sun about his cable television outfit, needed only seven words to sum up the 30-year-old network's strategy.
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The evolution of BET network
Posted by Bad MoFo | June 15, 2010 05:41 AM
(CNN) When BET launched 30 years ago, they were the only kid that looked like them on the block.
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Comcast/NBCU commit to adding independent networks with minority backers
Posted by Bad MoFo | June 11, 2010 09:26 AM
Looking to get ahead of a House Judiciary Committee field hearing Monday on the Comcast/NBCU proposed joint venture, the companies Monday morning announced a series of new and/or expanded diversity commitments. "Today Comcast and NBCU are announcing commitments that represent an unprecedented level of dedication to diversity," said Paula Madison, execuetive vice president, diversity, who is testifying at the hearing, which will be presided over by Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.)
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TV One's digital unit launches its first Web-based scripted series, 'The Cube Life'
Posted by Bad MoFo | May 26, 2010 08:11 AM
TV One's Digital Media Group has launched its first Web series, The Cube Life, based around the hilarious scenarios that all coworkers experience in daily, close-quartered office life.
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Mary J. Blige to Play Nina Simone in Biopic
Posted by Bad MoFo | May 13, 2010 03:59 PM
Mary J. Blige is getting ready to put a spell on you, as the Queen of Hip Hop Soul has officially signed on to play Nina Simone, The High Priestess of Soul, in the long-gestating biopic "Nina," reports Variety.
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BET co-founder ashamed of network she started
Posted by Bad MoFo | May 07, 2010 04:42 AM
Sheila Johnson, the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television alongside her ex-husband Bob Johnson, was asked by The Daily Beast blog what she thought about her groundbreaking network since selling it to Viacom in 2000 for $1.3 billion.
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Maria Full Of Grace
Catalina Sandrino Moreno was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of a Colombian teenager who, for a large paycheck, agrees to be a mule for drug-runners: she has to swallow dozens of thumb-sized capsules of heroin and smuggle them into New York. Her empathetic face carries us along on Maria's journey, and humanizes a problem that is too easily relegated to a headline. Don't miss the supporting role played by DV Republic's own Monique Curnen!
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Warrington Hudlin is a celebrated filmmaker, community organizer, curator, and Internet producer.
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas, TV Op Festival at Columbia College, Tribeca Film Festival, Columbia University Film School, and the Amistad Center for Arts & Culture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum in Hartford, CT. |
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BIG HEAD PEOPLE is an animated political sketch comedy series created by Monteria Ivey & Stephan Dweck, featuring the voices of the "Goon Squad" comedy troupe (with animation by Andre Sutherland). Why "Big Head People" Because the world they inhabit is remarkably similar to ours... filled with provocative, politically explosive situations that require BIG ideas, from people with BIG mouths, and BIG heads to match. In an age where political correctness is used as a buzzword to mean "keep quiet," the BIG HEAD PEOPLE have something to say... and they'll make you laugh while you think.
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