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Beyoncé, Maxwell and Keri Hilson Lead Soul Train Music Award Nominations

Essence | Essence | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home

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The Soul Train Music Awards are back and Beyoncé, Maxwell and Keri Hilson lead all nominees with four nods apiece. Also up for honors are Drake...

The Michael Vick Project: Vick Gets Reality Docu-Series On BET

Los Angeles Times | Greg Braxton | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media


He's out of prison, back in the NFL, and now Michael Vick is going to star in his own television series. The quarterback, who took his first regula...

Join the Entrepreneurs' Movement That Launches Today: A "Cause" for our Economy

Carl J. Schramm | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Carl J. Schramm

While Americans understand that entrepreneurs are critical to economic growth, our national dialogue doesn't include comprehensive discussion of policies that promote private sector, job-creating reform.

Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

12 Media Professionals on Twitter Who Rock The Planet

2morrowknight | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media


2morrowknight

If you're a media observer like myself, you not only follow the hot trends, and follow the new and emerging technologies, but, you also follow the people whose and body of work permeate the social landscape.

'The Game' May Return With New Season on BET

Essence | Essence | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home

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Mara Brock Akil's hit show "[href="http://photos.essence.com/galleries/the_game_2"]" may be getting another shot at prime time. The comedy, a spin-off...

Comic Diva Sheryl Underwood Talks Politics - She's Much More Than a Few Laughs!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

Sheryl Underwood: As a Republican woman I never let anyone push me some place where I don't want to go. I love everyone as long as you are not messing with my money.

Obama 2012

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home


Daniel Bruno Sanz

I went to New York to meet Obama the candidate, and in a Soho apartment he told a small group of us that his middle name was Hussein. I thought he was telling a joke.

This Week in Blackness: BET Doesn't Care About Black People

Elon James White | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media


Elon James White

After the death of Michael Jackson, BET tried to help console the world and especially Black People about the his death. They failed miserably.

BET Awards Ratings Highest Ever On Jackson Tribute

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — The BET Awards turned into an impromptu Michael Jackson tribute and preliminary ratings show that it will have the event's biggest au...

BET, TV One Plan Extensive Inauguration Coverage

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — BET and TV One, the television networks aimed primarily at a black audience, haven't paid much attention to presidential inauguration...

T-Pain Parties Like a Rockstar

Danny Groner | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

I expected the rapper to play a few songs and then to call it a night. Instead, T-Pain gave the crowd what they wanted but couldn't have expected.

BET Celebrates Obama Victory With Special Programming

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media


Anchoring a special report on Black Entertainment Television on Wednesday morning, Jeff Johnson introduced a reporter stationed in Atlanta, Jina Johns...

"106 & Park" Celebrates 2000th Episode On BET

USA Today | Steve Jones | Posted 09.20.2008 | Media


BET's influential fan-voted video countdown show, 106 & Park, celebrates its 2,000th episode tonight (6 ET/PT) with guests who include Jennifer Hudson...

"The Truth With Jeff Johnson": BET Starts Weekly News Show

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — BET starts a weekly news program on Friday described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective. Cal...

BET Expanding Political Coverage And Launching New Talk Show

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media


Black Entertainment Television announced today that they would be adding a new weekly political talk show -- The Truth with Jeff Johnson -- starting A...

Television Unplugged? The Verdict on This Year's TV Upfronts

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media


Jerry Weinstein

Think of it as the Big Bang of Video.

Founder Of BET Slams Obama In South Carolina

New York Times | Katharine Q. Seelye | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, who is campaigning today in South Carolina with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, just...

Group Protests "Degrading" Music Videos

New York Times | Felicia R. Lee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting "BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me," protesters have been gathering every Satur...

Protesters Target Media Execs In Fight Against Demeaning Imagery

New York Times | Felicia Lee | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Wearing white T-shirts with red stop signs and chanting "BET does not reflect me, MTV does not reflect me," protesters have been gathering every Satur...

BET Comes Of Age With Sixteen New Series

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Black Entertainment Television is 27 years old -- old enough, its top executives say, to start acting all grown up. The Washington-based cable networ...