Biz/Media

Get the latest Biz/Media articles from NewsOne, the home of Breaking News for Black America.

By Kellep Charles Several of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and members of the African American technology community will gather September 23 in Washington for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 41st Annual Legislative Conference to discuss ways to increase African American participation in the high-growth technology industry. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, […]

A diverse group of Black businesses have made this years’ Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies. Ten companies from a variety of fields including real estate, technology and healthcare all showed significant gains, with three making Inc.’s list of 100 fastest-growing companies for 2011. The largest company on the magazine’s list, Urban Lending Solutions, […]

U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn believes that any plan to attack the debt and deficits will not work unless it includes ways to create jobs. And while the points of his message were worth hearing, it was the method he used that really caught my eye. Last week, he conducted a virtual town hall on […]

Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage. The 55-year-old Apple co-founder and pancreatic cancer survivor has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since January 17. Apple said Steve Jobs has been elected chairman […]

Black-owned banks are struggling to remain relevant and during difficult economic times, according to a report by HuffingtonPost.com The number of black-owned banks across the nation is shrinking– almost half of the banks closed in the past two decades. HuffingtonPost.com reports: Their traditional customer base — lower and middle class blacks, small business owners and […]

CNN’s most successful yearly series Black in America 4 will make its debut this November with its award-winning host, Soledad O’ Brien, leading the charge once again. This year, Black in America 4, will again focus on some of the various issues affecting the African American community. In this trailer, Soledad O’Brien goes to Silicon […]

Techcrunch founder and CEO Michael Arrington raised some eyebrows recently when he attacked CNN’s Black in America 4 special which talks about the lack of African Americans in Silicon Valley. See Also: Black In America 4 Exclusive Trailer See Also: CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Talks To NewsOne About NewMe Accelerator, Black In America 4 After a […]

Facebook is on the defensive after various social networks went abuzz when users who synced their phones found out that all their contacts numbers were on the site. The social networking site denied rumors that syncing mobile phones with the social network publicly reveals the phone’s contacts. The story began circulating yesterday via status updates […]

A new plan launched by Comcast dubbed “Internet Essentials” will help low-income families afford the internet for just $10 a month. Comcast, whose lowest priced plans range between $40 and $60, have decided to bring the internet to more families across the country who can’t afford their current rates. The internet connection features 1.5 Mbps […]

Black Enterprise Magazine recently did a feature titled “The new faces of Silicon Valley.” Silicon Valley, a tech-hub that isn’t known for having many African-Americans, is undergoing a transformation thanks to several initiatives like the NewMe Accelerator. The edition features the founder of Black Web Media and the NewMe Accelerator, Angela Benton. Read more at […]

A new article in Business Journal details how consumer electronics powerhouse Apple has more cash on hand than the world’s largest sovereign government. Apple sat on a cash pile of $76.2 billion at the end of the June quarter, the sum which is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. Per this statement from the US […]

While America’s economic turmoil has impacted the entire nation, Black businesses seem to be some of the most severely affected. Today, in the U.S., there are half as many Black-owned car dealerships than there were three years ago. Automotive News details the industrywide decline. Black dealers have taken a disproportionate hit — “drastic” in the […]