June 18, 2013

ASPiRE PREMIERES ITS FIRST ORIGINAL WEEKLY TALK SERIES “exhale”

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HOSTS ANGELA BURT-MURRAY, ERIN JACKSON, ISSA RAYE, RENE SYLER AND MALINDA WILLIAMS BRING ON THE TALK WITH PROVOCATIVE AND THOUGHT- PROVOKING TOPICS EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO HEAR Exclusively on ASPiRE – Thursday, June 27th at 8:00 p.m. EDT Atlanta, GA – June 13, 2013 — ASPiRE announces the world premiere of its first original weekly [...]




ASPiRE Network Launches New Show ‘Exhale’ for Summer Lineup (Watch)

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*Magic Johnson’s ASPiRE network will add a new show called “Exhale” to their upcoming lineup, reports show. The new talker will feature a wide-ranging cast of African American women, including Angela Burt-Murray, Erin Jackson, Issa Rae, Malinda Williams and Rene Syler. Exhale, which is ASPiRE’s 3rd original series, is directed by Victoria Mahoney, and produced [...]




Magic Johnson’s Aspire TV Network has Launched

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*(Via theGrio) – As the crowd counted down, Magic Johnson pulled a large silver lever jutting from a box labeled “ASPiRE.” With that, his new cable network went live. Then stagehands whisked the contraption off the dais at Aspire’s gala premiere party Wednesday night. The switch was just a prop, of course, connected to nothing. But [...]




Paul Butler Named General manager of Magic Johnson’s ASPiRE Network

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*Los Angeles, CA  – Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced today that Paul Butler has been named general manager of ASPiRE, the new African-American network set to launch in June. Butler will oversee all operations for the programmer and report to Johnson, who is chairman of ASPiRE and the network’s Board of Directors.  He will be based [...]