Interactive One (iOne), the fastest growing and definitive digital platform for African American, multiracial and Millennial audiences, today announced the launch of “The Kitchen Table” a new digital content series sponsored by Coca-Cola. The cooking series lives on iOne’s flagship digital property aimed at women, HelloBeautiful.com, with 60-second vignettes also appearing on TV One. In…
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The National Council of Negro Women Launches Visionary Strategy Declaring “A New Agenda For A New Age”
In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) revealed a “new agenda for a new age,” vowing to take urgent action around education, health, economic empowerment and public policy in an effort to build a stronger Black America. During welcome remarks at the 14th annual Uncommon Height Gala recently, NCNW…
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Black Women For Positive Change Prepares for the National Week of Non Violence
Black Women For Positive Change is hosting its 3rd Annual National Week of Non-Violence. On Friday October 9th, the organization was joined by faith leaders, politicians and activists for a press conference announcing the upcoming initiative. Benjamin Crump, president of the National Bar Association spoke on the need for solutions to violence internally and externally…
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#NotOneDime Movement Announces Second Phase Called #BlackDecember
#NotOneDime Viral Hashtag Movement Calls for Economic Boycotts in Response to Ferguson Decision 11% Drop (Over $6.5 Billion Loss) in Sales Reported from Black Friday Through Cyber Monday Urban Cusp founder and publisher Rahiel Tesfamariam announced the second phase of the #NotOneDime hashtag movement, #BlackDecember. The next phase of the movement calls on the African…
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Taraji P. Henson Covers Rolling Out Magazine
When she struts from the terrace into the Garden Room at the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, Taraji P. Henson owns the space. Wearing a Marissa Webb-designed tomato red suit paired with gold and silver pumps with a black vamp, she walks with a sway that screams power. It’s not a far cry from the…
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Bounce TV Announces Bounce TV Summer Music Festival 2014
Bounce TV (@bounce_tv – www.bouncetv.com) — the nation’s first-ever and fast-growing broadcast television network designed for African American audiences — today announced the schedule for the 2014 Bounce TV Summer Music Festival. Perennial R&B powerhouse Maze featuring Frankie Beverly and GRAMMY®-Award winning great Patti LaBelle will headline the 11-city tour which launches in Dallas on August 29. The soulful Ruben Studdard is special guest. The complete Bounce TV…
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Essence First-Ever Street Style Block Party
ESSENCE today announced its first-ever Street Style Block Party & Awards; celebrating real women with great style during New York Fashion Week. The day-long extravaganza–fusing music, fashion, art, shopping and food–will take place on September 7, 2014 in Brooklyn, NY, at The Dumbo Archway Under the Manhattan Bridge at Water Bridge and Anchorage Place from Noon to 5:00 pm, followed…
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Black Viewers More Into TV, but More Likely to Cancel Cable
Black subscribers have long been some of pay TV’s best customers. Among the highest spenders on home TV, Internet, and phone services, Black households are the most likely to subscribe to digital add-ons like DVR, HD, and premium channels. But recently-released data from Horowitz’s 2014 FOCUS African America study indicate that Blacks, along with other…
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