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*Diddy can’t stop … won’t stop evolving his business. The Hip Hop mogul is getting ready to launch what he’s calling the revolution. Revolt, a lifestyle cable network is getting ready to launch in July. Diddy’s been prepping the world lately with a new social media campaign, including video vignettes that feature Mac Miller and [...]
*Veteran TV exec Jeff Zucker spent over two decades at NBC, starting as a researcher in 1986 and ending as the President and CEO of NBC Universal before he left in 2010 amid the network’s merger with Comcast. After a stint producing Katie Couric’s new daytime talk show, he was announced in November 2012 as [...]
*Earvin Magic Johnson isn’t the only one moving forward with his own cable network. Today, Sean “Diddy” Combs is scheduled to announce more details about the launch of his music-themed cable channel called Revolt, The New York Times reported, citing confirmation from his PR agency. According to the Times, Combs’ channel could launch at the [...]
*NBA legend-turned-business mogul, Earvin Magic Johnson, is gearing up for the next phase of his expansive business portfolio – running his own network. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Hall of Famer is preparing for the summer launch of Aspire, a 24-hour channel with a focus on what Johnson called positive, uplifting images of [...]
*A committee working on behalf of both President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee is offering an array of novel fundraising “packages” to the incumbent’s deep pocketed Hollywood supporters, according to the Hollywood Reporter. An invitation being circulated this week by the Obama Victory Fund, which splits the contributions it receives between [...]
*Diddy is launching a new music-themed cable network. The rap mogul, born Sean Combs, has reportedly been negotiating a deal with Time Warner Cable (TWC) and cable Comcast to carry Revolt, an urban music network that will have a heavy focus on videos instead of original programming. According to BraodcastingandCable.com, one source described the network [...]
*Hey South Side Chicago! Are you feeling like something strange has been going on with your service every time you invite a technician in your home to fix something? For instance, is the box still giving you trouble or you notice roaches around your television? Did you say yes to any of the above? Well, [...]
*Among the network morning shows, NBC’s “Today” has grown roots at the No. 1 spot in the ratings – but according to the Wall Street Journal, the perennial second place operation at ABC is steadily gaining ground. The “Today” show earlier this year celebrated its 800th week in the top ratings spot. During last month’s [...]
*The city of Detroit has lost one of its most well known businessmen. He wired the city with Barden cable and at one time, he was nearly the only game in town. But, he built an empire from the cable company, casinos and other ventures. Don H. Barden, 67, lost his battle with lung cancer yesterday. [...]
*BALTIMORE, MD – The NAACP, National Urban League and National Action Network announced today an agreement with Comcast and NBC Universal to expand current diversity initiatives intended to increase diversity in a wide range of areas including programming and employment. The Memorandum of Understanding, being filed today with the Federal Communications Commission, creates initiatives to [...]
*A dispute between Comcast and one of Netflix’s partners in streaming videos, Level 3 Communications, erupted into public view Monday, reports The Daily Beast. Level 3 accused Comcast of demanding an additional fee in order to transmit online movies, a move that it said was “effectively putting up a toll booth at the borders of [...]
*The National Coalition of African American Owned Media on Thursday filed its official opposition to the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, pointing out, in its words, the “non-existent carriage of 100% African American owned channels widely distributed on its cable platform to approximately 24 million homes.” NCAAOM president-CEO Stanley Washington said in the petition to the Federal [...]
*The National Coalition of African American Owned Media (NCAAOM) last week came out forcefully against the pending merger of cable giant Comcast with NBC-Universal. NCAAOM denounced Comcast for what it labeled the company’s “non-existent carriage of 100% African American owned channels” on its nationwide cable system. In a press statement, NCAAOM President Stanley Washington said, [...]
*(Via LATimes.com) One critic likened cable TV giant Comcast Corp. to a plantation, while another pointed to the BP oil spill disaster as what could happen when companies escape tough regulatory scrutiny. Then an influential congresswoman dropped a bomb by hinting that Comcast had tried to buy her support for one of the biggest media [...]
*The National Coalition of African American owned Media (NCAAOM) recently praised the FCC’s decision to extend the comment period for the controversial proposed merger between Comcast and NBC Universal (NBCU). “It’s now clear the FCC recognizes the tremendous impact this merger will have on American society,” says Stanley E. Washington, NCAAOM President & CEO. “For [...]
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