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The following article is a response by John Hope Bryant of Operation HOPE to a column written by Anthony Asadullah Samad, published here on April 26, 2012. *Operation HOPE, founded in South Central Los Angeles on May 5th, 1992, or exactly one-week following the Rodney King Riots in our community, has served more than 2 [...]
*It’s a tad complicated, but according to a press release, Emmis Communications today announced a long-term Local Programming and Marketing Agreement (LMA) with ESPN Radio to provide programming and sell advertising on New York‘s 98.7FM. Emmis also entered into a transaction to sell the intellectual property rights of Kiss FM, the current format Emmis programs [...]
*The removal of white Essence Magazine Editor Michael Bullerdick is the kind of stuff that racial controversies are made of. After seeing an uproar from the black community in response to the hiring of Bullerdick, Essence employees were treated to the sheer delight of finding out that their favored son was also a right wing [...]
*Huffington Post writer, Melinda Emerson, posted a helpful tool for Christian business owners. The Bible actually has a some things specifically helpful to those in trade in commerce. She writes, starting a small business is a spiritual journey. You should pick a verse that will inspire you. I thought it would be helpful to share [...]
*How would you like to be able to access your hard drive anywhere you go? That includes your music, photos, files, everywhere…you…go? It sure would save a lot of us that don’t back up files and have experienced a system crash. Yikes! Google is planning to launch a Cloud storage service next week. The service [...]
*Forbes has just released its short list of hip hop’s wealthiest moguls, and Sean “Diddy” Combs tops the list with a net worth of $550 million. Jay-Z and Dr. Dre follow at No. 2 and 3, respectively, while Cash Money Records cofounder Bryan “Birdman” Williams and 50 Cent round out this year’s “Forbes Five.” Diddy, [...]
*Now this is very interesting. TMZ came across some interesting information about the Accura NSX Big Game Ad featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno. They got hold of the casting call document (see below), and the Accura camp was very specific/exclusionary about their dream African American car dealer. According to the casting doc, the role [...]
*The New York Yankees could be rocking some new styled gear pretty soon. On Wednesday, Jay-Z officially announced a new partnership between the baseball team and his beloved brand Rocawear. This partnership means Rocawear will be riding high at Yankee stadium and integrated into several promotions throughout the season. Via a press release, Jameel Spencer, [...]
*Last week EURweb.com’s Ricardo A. Hazell was in at the crossroads of the world, Times Square in New York City, for the unveiling of the highly-anticipated Lumia 900 smartphone from Nokia. The event was one blockbuster of an affair as Nicki Minaj performed some of the songs from her new album “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” [...]
*I tell ya! That Walmart sells everything from diapers to car parts, don’t they?! They are nothing more than a hustleman outlet. Maybe they could change the name to Hustlemart. And we’re not mad at them (unless they don’t make the decision to disassociate themselves from ALEC). On top of everything else they sell, now [...]
*BET Networks has a new side hustle: prepaid debit cards. The African American-themed cable channel is partnering with NetSpend, one of the biggest prepaid card companies, in hopes of targeting millions of black Americans who don’t use banks. NetSpend, meanwhile, is looking for the partnership to convert BET viewers into fee-paying customers, reports the AP. [...]
*Magic Johnson might not be the best public speaker, but arguably he is one of the best when it comes to making a dollar out of fifteen cents. Last month Magic lead a group of investors in the purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The $2 billion price tag is the largest amount ever paid [...]
*Followers of Twitter are so ready to pounce on the information of the day and weigh in on it. Well, the news of Facebook’s purchase of Instagram is no different. Now some of you don’t know what Instagram is and that’s evident on the recent tweets that announced a merger between Facebook and the picture [...]
*Randy Moss came out of retirement to rejoin the NFL on a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. But upon his return, he’s got some trouble in paradise. The athlete filed a lawsuit claiming he lost $160,000 investment in a barbershop downtown Delray Beach, Florida, reports Gossip Extra. His lawyer, Eduardo Rasco, didn’t reveal [...]
*AFA Foods, a ground beef processor owned by Los Angeles private equity firm Yucaipa Cos. and Magic Johnson filed a bankruptcy petition seeking protection from creditors, blaming, in part, bad publicity over products containing so-called pink slime. The companysaid it sought bankruptcy protection because it was “faced with an immediate and unanticipated liquidity crisis” and [...]
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