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“New York Post” writer Phil Mushnick, who generated a storm of controversy after saying that Jay-Z‘s Brooklyn Nets should consider changing their name to the ‘New York Ni**ers,’ is not only standing by his statement but calling his detractors out as hypocrites, reports Hello Beautiful. As previously reported by Newsone, Mushnick not only said the […]

If anyone thought that the New York Association of Black Journalists  (NYABJ) would defend the caliber of Beyonce Knowles’ award-winning Essence story, “Eat, Play, Love,” they would be sadly mistaken. In a (second) slap in the face to journalists everywhere, President Michael J. Feeney basically told The Root’s Journal-isms that Beyonce’s piece was all they […]

It was all good just a year ago, as Oprah Winfrey (pictured center), then OWN CEO Christina Norman (pictured left) and David Zaslav, President and CEO of Discovery Communications (pictured right), popped champagne to celebrate the network that was poised to revolutionize cable television. Fast forward to 2012, Norman is gone, fired over dismal ratings, […]

New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick provoked outrage this week as he used a racial slur in an insensitive rant against the Brooklyn Nets and their co-owner rapper Jay-Z. SEE ALSO: Unemployment Falls To 8.1 Percent Opining that the team should consider changing their name to the ‘New York Ni**ers’ in what one can only […]

In addition to being named People Magazine‘s “Most Beautiful Woman in the World” of 2012, Beyonce Knowles will be honored for her writing skills by the New York Association of Black Journalists on May 15, reports the NY Daily News. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up On Black News Worldwide! When Knowles took a […]

So, you can’t get enough of the weave-pulling, table-jumping, backstabbing antics of “Basketball Wives”? Never fear,  the ever resourceful Shaunie O’Neal has teamed with another beautiful mogul, Tracey Edmonds, to bring the scream-fest to the big screen, reports Variety. LIKE NewsOne On Facebook To Stay Up On Black News Worldwide! Fox Searchlight acquired the as […]

An exclusive NewsOne IN DEPTH analysis Dan Charnas is the Editorial Director of News & Information at InteractiveOne, and the author of “The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop” (New American Library/Penguin) ————— If you aren’t a New Yorker of a certain age, as I am, it might be difficult to understand […]

This month, two independent Black films, “We the Party” and “Woman Thou Art Loosed On The 7th Day,” opened on consecutive weekends. When these films entered the “gated community” of movie theaters they encountered a hostility and suspicion by film critics analogous to the experience of Trayvon Martin. Hollywood film critics “stood their ground.” MUST […]

Navarrow Wright — NewsOne contributor and chief technical officer of NewsOne’s parent company, InteractiveOne — has been named one of “10 Innovators To Watch” by Black Enterprise: With Black buying power set to reach $1.1 trillion dollars by 2015, the African-American market remains a hot commodity. Navarrow Wright is making strides with this demographic as […]

Using the tragic murder of 17-year-old Trayvon  Martin as the backdrop, “Saturday Night Live” had a little fun at the expense of Piers Morgan and the latest round of media coverage surrounding Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, reports MSNBC. While some thought the skit was hilarious, others believe that it was in extremely bad taste. […]

Thomas Edwards has the best title ever: The Professional Wingman.  This twenty-something has a gift for relationship building. Especially the romantic kind. Since 2009, Thomas has helped people find relationships and more fulfilling lives through lifestyle strategy. He’s so good at what he does that outlets like the Wall Street Journal, CNN and Cosmopolitan have compared […]

Never one to shy away from truth, CNN’s Don Lemon has voiced his support for the use of the word “nig***” when reporting the news, reports the Huffington Post. SEE ALSO: Gumbel: I Was Embarrassed by Today ‘Co-Host’ Palin In a round-table on-air discussion, Lemon explains to his White colleagues that nothing good can come […]