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UPDATE: 6:39 P.M EST Keith Olbermann releases a counter-statement in response to Current TV executives and co-founders, Joel Hyatt and Al Gore, informing his viewers that he will be be suing the network. Read his full statement below: Editorially, Countdown had never been better. But for more than a year I have been imploring Al […]

——————————————————————— Throughout my career as a business journalist and career coach, I’m regularly asked what separates top performers from the rest of the pack. It’s a great question. What I’ve consistently observed over the years is that elite performers who’ve experienced long-term success, have a go-getter mentality. SEE ALSO: Here’s What To Do If You […]

Former NBA Lakers icon and entrepreneur extraordinaire Magic Johnson has won a bid to buy the baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2 billion, a record price for a U.S. pro-sports franchise, reports the Los Angeles Times. The monumental purchase also makes Johnson the first black Major League Baseball owner. SEE ALSO: Can Oprah Save […]

The innovative, the political, the smart, and the creative are gathered for the first-ever TEDx talk in Harlem at the famed Riverside Church. Watch the Livestream here! Follow us at @newsoneofficial on Twitter for updates!

SEATTLE — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password. SEE ALSO: 15 Facts You Need To Know About Trayvon Martin Cops Should Stop Defending Trayvon Martin’s Shooter Bassett, a […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles. SEE ALSO: Black 9th Grader Told To Read Langston Hughes Poem ‘Blacker’ The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough” one, but the […]

FOX News, long known for their propensity to either spin the news or ignore it, depending on their agenda, is once again making headlines for their near non-existent coverage of the Trayvon Martin case, reports Think Progress. RELATED: Black Militia Is Looking For Trayvon Martin’s Killer Trayvon’s case has sparked national outrage because he was […]

——————————————————————— Today, and everyday, countless people awake to go to a job they hate. A job that makes them sick to their stomach to think about. A job where they count the hours until it’s time to leave. And then, they’re up and at it again the next day. (Study finds professionals dissatisfied with their […]

We took a look at Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 Phone the Nokia Lumia 710. Wary about this new relationship? See below to find out if it’s all a hype or the real deal. Likes Form Factor The Nokia Lumia 710 is a very handsome phone. It’s not oozing sexiness, but it’s close. I love […]

In a head-scratching initiative that kicked off during this month’s South By Southwest festival, New York marketing company Bartle Bogle Hogarty has given out 4G hotspots to homeless people along with a promotional T-shirt that says, “I Am a 4G Hotspot.” SEE ALSO: Anti-Kony Group To Air New Video Today Dubbed the Homeless Hotspots Project, […]

One of the best decisions a young professional can make is to be come the CEO of their cubicle. This can mean the difference between striving and thriving in your career. When I began my career as an executive assistant with children’s television network Nickelodeon, I hated my small cubicle. Here I was working for […]

Civil Rights activist and host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, Rev. Al Sharpton, will be gracing the pages of the April issue of Vanity Fair. SEE ALSO: Sista Overcomes Conviction To Become Education Crusader Both candid and humorous, Sharpton gets personal, discussing everything from his weight issues to his bachelor existence and exactly how he got that […]