Archive for April, 2008

Entertainment Studios cuts with MySpace

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios cuts content pact with MySpace

By Marcia A. Wade
BlackEnterprise.com
(April 30, 2008) Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Inc. has partnered with popular social networking site MySpace to become the single largest provider of video content to its MySpaceTV Web portal.

Under a deal announced last week, Allen�s Entertainment Studios will provide several hours per week of original video content that will be broadcast on 10 separate MySpaceTV Web channels. Users will be able to receive regular updates from the channels, and share episodes by using blogs and adding videos to their profiles. Videos will be up on MySpaceTV "within a few weeks," according to the company. Full terms of the partnership were not disclosed.

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A Moment of Remembrance

A MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF ALPHA BROTHER, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Statement from Darryl R. Matthews, Sr.
General President, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc

Baltimore, MD (BlackNews.com) - If Dr. King were here, alive not just in spirit, I wonder…WHAT WOULD MARTIN THINK? What would he think about what we have become since the founding of the Civil Rights Movement he headed? What would Martin think about what we have done with the baton (the legacy) he passed on to us?

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IS YOUR COMPANY GREEN?

BLACK BUSINESS COACH: IS YOUR COMPANY GREEN?
By Dante Lee

No, I’m not asking if your company is environmentally safe or if your company uses organic products. Nor am I asking if your company recycles plastic and cardboard. I’m asking whether or not your company is money green. Do you actually make money? Is your cash flow flowing?

Believe it or not, I meet minority business owners all the time who have lost sight of this very goal. They start off with the idea of generating revenue, and then they end up just casually floating around.

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National Call To All Black Men

JAMES T. WEBB, AUTHOR AND MASTER BUILDER, GIVES NATIONAL CALL TO ALL BLACK MEN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING REBIRTH

(BlackNews.com) - James T. Webb, Master Builder and author of "Save Your Neighborhood", highlights both the challenges and solutions for redeveloping distressed and vacant single family homes across America. Webb is giving a national call to all black men to return home and rebuild their neighborhood using THE WEBB AFFORDABLE HOUSING MODEL. Through its pages Webb shows real life methods needed in order to create completely rehabbed affordable single family homes with an average sales price of $65,000.

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Alumni Come Together

A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY: GEORGETOWN COLLEGE AND BISHOP COLLEGE ALUMNI COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS OF DIVERSITY AND KEEP THE SPIRIT OF BISHOP COLLEGE ALIVE

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - Georgetown College is hosting "A Celebration of Diversity" on May 12, 2008 in Chicago, Ill. The event focuses on the partnership between Georgetown College, ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of "America’s Best Colleges" and Bishop College alumni; their successful efforts in renewing the spirit of Bishop College; and the recent creation of the Bishop Scholars Program.

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