Biz/Media

In a bid to shore up its mobile and Web mapping infrastructure, Apple has confirmed a purchase of Nigerian entrepreneur Chinedu Echeruo‘s (pictured) HopStop.com application. With Google buying the Israel-based Waze map application for a reported $1.1 billion, it has been rumored that HopStop’s acquisition was worth a similar amount. But thus far, Apple has […]

If you are like most Americans, you get most of your news now online. Yet it was not so long ago that printed newspapers were the dominant daily medium to which most of our citizens turned for news, engagement and entertainment.   RELATED: Real Times Media Signs On As Interactive One Partner Black newspapers in particular played […]

REAL TIMES MEDIA FORMS STRATEGIC DIGITAL PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERACTIVE ONE STUDIOS Interactive One’s growing business division will provide technology, marketing, and editorial support for the Real Times newspaper brand digital platform DETROIT – June 17, 2013 – – Real Times Media (RTM), a multimedia company focused on urban news and entertainment which includes the nation’s […]

Who didn’t see this coming? ‘The View’s conservative co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the ABC show for a change of scenery over at ‘Fox & Friends.’ Hasselbeck replaces Gretchen Carlson to deliver snark and hipster conservative views along-side Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade in mid-September. SEE ALSO: Sherri Gets Emotional on ‘The View’: I Had […]

  Race is at the center of a national re-assessment in politics and our legal system.  Republicans are asking how they appeal to a browner country; the Supreme Court ruled on Affirmative Action and Voting Rights; and Congress is grappling with immigration reform. SEE ALSO: HISTORIC VOTE ON IMMIGRATION BILL EXPECTED TODAY  The most troubling […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has released its annual performance report for fiscal year 2012. The data shows that MBDA and its national Business Centers assisted in helping several minority-owned businesses gain over $3.6 billion in contracts and capital. Additionally, nearly 17,000 jobs were created or retained, marking a new […]

Evita Robinson and Kimberly Bryant are no strangers to crowd-funding. In fact, it’s safe to call them experts. In 2011, Robinson turned her love for travel and cinematography into a bourgeoning brand by creating the Nomadness Travel Tribe, an online community for travelers around the world. These days, Robinson and her “tribe,” as she refers […]

Professional bloggers, social media mavens, and speakers from all over the country packed the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture this past Friday and Saturday, June 21 – 22, 2013, for the annual Blogging While Brown Conference held in New York City. Attendees heard from dozens of speakers on topics ranging from blogging and branding to podcasts […]

Whether it’s caused by a fleeting crisis in confidence or a brief lack of focus, even the most-prosperous entrepreneurs can find themselves taking a stutter-step on the way up the ladder of success. That’s where Alena Edmondson, founder of the Atlanta-based Abundant Life Coaching, comes to the rescue for the struggling business owner. SEE ALSO: […]

Sometimes the best way forward is to take a step back. The concept might not make much sense on its face, but when transferred to the world of business, the idea of giving up the sure contract for unseen riches down the road can pay off handsomely.  Tirrell D. Whittley (pictured), principal and CEO of […]

From a very early age, Atlanta Attorney Travis T. Townsend Jr. (pictured) seemed preordained to be a lawyer. “When I was a small child, I loved to debate,” he said. “No answer I was given was ever good enough. I was very inquisitive. I always challenged the norm and had to have things explained to […]

Even during the dark times, like the day she opened her Like the River hair salon in Atlanta with little fanfare and even fewer customers, Najah Aziz (pictured) was convinced success wasn’t far away. And looking back, Aziz was right: In just five years, Like the River has won local and national plaudits for its unique […]