The video share app Vine is fairly new but it has made it’s mark in the realm of social media. Vine only allows users to post videos in 7 second segments, forcing users to be direct and creative in a short time frame. One of Vine’s top users is neo-soul singer Erykah Badu. She has…
Joy Mumford’s 9 Blogging & Youtube Channel Tips
Blogger/Vlogger Joy Mumford shares her top tips for people that blog and have Youtube channels. 1. Do something you love. – Don’t waste your time blogging/vlogging about something that does peak your interest. 2. Learn from others but be original. 3. Don’t compare yourself with other people, bloggers or Youtubers. 4. Be creative and have…
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4 Ways Bloggers Use “Medium” To Gain More Visibility
Since its beta launch in August of 2012, Medium has been called a lot of things: an online magazine, a blogging platform, a blend of platform and publisher and an upscale content farm to name a few. Because it takes a disruptive approach to online media, journalists, futurists, technologists and the likes seem obsessed with…
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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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RECORD NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESENTERS AT 2014 OSCAR S®
This is one of the most exciting years in black film ever, and now 2014 is a record year for African American presenters at the Oscars®. Here’s a list of African American presenters including Sydney Poiter who won the Oscar® for Best Actor in 1963. At the age of 87, Mr. Poitier is the elder…
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Ms. Nix In The Mix Now Accepting Guest Writers
Ms. Nix in the Mix is a lifestyle blog based in California with writers in LA, Atlanta, New York, DC, and Detroit, and they are looking for more taletend voices from across the globe in the following subjects: Business, Fashion, Entertainment, Reality TV, Relationships/Dating, Sex, and Community Outreach. Since it’s inception in February 2013 Ms….
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Pull Magazine Seeking Guest Writers
PULL Magazine is always interested in fresh, new and original content. There are three categories for writers to submit materials to us. Articles: Journalists who are interested in writing articles, or producing audio and video stories for PULL Magazine must adhere to standard journalistic principles in an effort to inform, educate and entertain our readers….
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