The incandescent “Queen of Soul,”  Aretha Franklin (pictured) is reportedly threatening to sue famed biographer David Ritz for his tell-all book, “Respect” published by Little, Brown and Company.  Franklin is beyond peeved about the reportedly controversial book, which was 25 years in the making, stating that the author is making false claims about her, one of them being that […]

Biz/Media, Nation, NewsOne Now, Politics

Think for a moment: How many interviews have you seen the President give to black journalists or black news organizations? Not many. Wednesday, the “NewsOne Now” panel began a discussion about the difficulty of covering the first black President for black publications. Panelist George Curry took the conversation further by saying that the Obama administration […]