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WATCH LIVE: Tyler Perry Talks To HuffPost Live

Posted 05.08.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

Actor, director and entertainment media giant Tyler Perry joins HuffPost Live to discuss his latest film "Peeples" and his recent partnership with Opr...

Do We Still Need A Black Media?

www.cjr.org | Posted 03.05.2013 | Black Voices

At the end of January, I organized and moderated a panel at Temple University’s School of Media and Communications called “Separate But Equal? The...

Black Women Deserve More Respect

Chris Williams | Posted 01.01.2013 | Black Voices
Chris Williams

There is nothing more beautiful on this earth than a Black woman. Since the beginning of time, Black women have been the envy of the planet. From Qu...

Black Media Outlets Join Ad Agencies To Reach Minority Consumers

Posted 07.20.2012 | Black Voices

Over two dozen black media firms and marketing agencies have joined forces to make advertising history. The consortium aims to place emphasis on the o...

Black In America: Why Black Media Needs to Succeed In Digital to Accelerate Innovation

Navarrow Wright | Posted 02.26.2012 | Black Voices
Navarrow Wright

African Americans are now faced with a new wave of innovation, the digital age, which presents it's own set of challenges for African Americans and it's own set of opportunities for black media. Sadly, there has not been as strong of a showing in black media on the digital front. Why?

Why Are Some Black Women So Outraged by The Help

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 10.16.2011 | Black Voices
Sophia A. Nelson

Why are some of the best and brightest black female voices in America so outraged over the new movie The Help based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel?

How Awkward Black Girl Raised Over $44,000 Through Kickstarter

Issa Rae | Posted 10.10.2011 | Black Voices
Issa Rae

After mapping out a budget and strongly considering what we needed to increase the show's production value and compensate the crew and actors who volunteered their time, we decided it was time to stop shortchanging ourselves.

Media Diversity Not an All-Or-Nothing Game

Will Griffin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Will Griffin

It's a big mistake to limit the notion of diversity to media that are 100 percent minority. That's myopic. It attempts to measure African-American media ownership with a protractor, when what is truly needed is a compass.

Latoya Peterson: Media, Entrepreneurship and Birth of a New Nation

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Mike Green

At the intersection where social media and entrepreneurship meet technology and racial issues, you will find Latoya Peterson hard at work changing Ame...

Can Blacks Rid Themselves of the Use of the N-Word?

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Irene Monroe

Whether used as an expletive or term of endearment, what is it about this word that captures the rage and shame of the American public?

Cathy Hughes Strikes Back on Paying Artists for Radio Plays: "Dionne Warwick Is a Lobbyist"

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Zondra Hughes

The record labels want AM/FM radio to belly-up for beats. The future of black radio may be at stake, industry folks say.

Bay State Banner, Boston's Black Paper, To Take City Loan To Stay Open

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

BOSTON — The publisher of Boston's only black-owned newspaper says he'll accept a $200,000 loan from the city to avert the shutdown of the finan...

Black Newspaper in Boston Suspends Publication, Lays Off 12

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

BOSTON — An African-American newspaper that covered Boston's busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of black political leaders and the rise of stat...

Blacks At Odds Over Scrutiny Of Obama

Washington Post | Krissah Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Jeff Johnson knows how to make his audiences squirm. The young, black radio and TV political commentator waits for the discussion to turn to the topic...

The Challenges to Black Media Under President Obama

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Clarence B. Jones

Critical and constructive analysis of President Obama's policies is certainly more useful than our Black Media's continued uncritical celebration of our new president.

Obama Brings Flush Times For Black News Media

New York Times | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

For the nation's black magazines, newspapers, and television and radio stations, the arrival of the Obama administration has ushered in an era of unp...

Workplace Revenge: A Worker Bee Strikes Back

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Zondra Hughes

As you read this, there is a growing scandal in the world of Black media involving Johnson Publishing Company, the parent company of Ebony/Jet magazines, and the most prestigious black-owned publishing company in the world.