Vogue Black – Vogue.it
Vogue Black – Vogue.it. Not much else to say about this one. Vogue has developed a niche site targeting African Americans. It’s a big step for publisher Condé Nast and very well done.
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The Atlanta Post: Latest Site Launch by Moguldom Media
Moguldom Media Group has announced the launch of The Atlanta Post, a new site dedicated to the rising market of online and affluent African Americans. Site content will also be driven by four local editions for Washington DC, New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. Moguldom is most noted for sites such as Bossip.com and HipHopWired which [...]
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Entrepreneur House Authors: Leveraging Authorship to Grow Your Brand
This week Entrepreneur Press announced the launch of Entrepreneur House Authors, a publishing concept geared towards the growing trend of “author-preneurs,” entrepreneurial authors leveraging published works to grow their brand. The fee-based publishing program is intended to provide brand savvy authors the opportunity to gain bestseller level exposure and status as a recognized authority in [...]
Obama Talks Shop With Black Leaders About Joblessness
A recent article by the Washington Post details the Oval Office meeting President Obama held with civil rights leaders this week. This marks the first time the President has met exclusively with civil rights leaders since taking office, and he used the time to speak to concerns about joblessness in the African American community. Among [...]
Magic Johnson to Purchase Publisher of Ebony & Jet Magazines?
According to Businessweek, retired NBA star Earvin Magic Johnson is reportedly in talks to purchase Johnson Publishing Co., owner of Ebony and Jet, magazines that have documented African-American life for more than half a century. “There have been discussions,” Eric Holoman, president of Los Angeles-based Magic Johnson Enterprises, said yesterday in an interview. “There’s no [...]
Goldman Sachs Managing Director Teresa Clarke Resigns to Focus On Africa.com
This week Goldman Sachs Managing Director Teresa Clarke ended a decade-long career at the investment banking firm to devote her full energies to Africa.com, the leading Internet portal for Africa, of which she is president and CEO. Africa.com is an expanding source for travel information as well as business, sports and political news about and [...]
Wake Forest Study: Diversity is Changing the Game in Corporate America
Diversity is taking on new meaning in corporate America as globalization changes the business landscape. That was the message corporate diversity executives delivered at a Wake Forest University School of Business lecture on February 5th. “Celebrating and understanding differences is no longer enough. You have to know how to leverage those differences,” said Andres Tapia, chief diversity [...]
Community Corner Program: Walgreen’s New Minority Focus
The word is out when it comes to African American buying power. The drug store chain Walgreens is introducing the Community Corner program during Black History Month, in an effort to “reflect support of minority-owned businesses with products that are produced by African Americans.” The link to the new initiative displays products such as relaxer, [...]
Marketing to Affluent African Americans: Book Released March 16
Black is the New Green: Marketing to Afluent African Americans is a new book providing perspective on the Black community’s growing market share. Authored by Andrea Hoffman and Len Burnett, the release date is scheduled for March 16. According to the authors, the total number of affluent ethnic households in the United States in now estimated at over [...]
SBA Renews Partnership with Minority Business Roundtable
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a renewal of its two-year partnership agreement with the Minority Business RoundTable (MBRT) to continue joint outreach efforts to minority entrepreneurs. “Far too often, minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs encounter hurdles to getting capital, contracts and other assistance to help them succeed in the marketplace,” said SBA Administrator Karen [...]
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