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Newspaper Columnist Calls For Copyrighting News
Posted by Digital Dragon | June 30, 2009 01:44 PM
Columnist Connie Schultz at the Cleveland Plain Dealer has added her voice to those calling for new laws that would prevent Web sites from summarizing news stories that originate elsewhere.
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Vibe Magazine To Close Down Immediately
Posted by Sultana | June 30, 2009 12:52 PM
Vibe, one of the nation’s leading popular music magazines, is closing immediately, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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Spike Lee: With user-generated content, who needs ad agencies?
Posted by MediaThreat | June 29, 2009 03:51 AM
A boy lies on his back on a boardroom table in a high-rise office block in Toyko. He pulls out his Nokia, takes a photo of the setting sun - upside down - and sends it to his girlfriend in New York, where dawn is breaking. “Now I know we share the same horizon,” says the voiceover. “My sunset is your sunrise.”
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Q&A: Christina Norman, The OWN CEO, is aiming for her 'best life' at the Oprah-Discovery network
Posted by BadMofo | July 02, 2009 11:07 AM
When Christina Norman unexpectedly stepped down as MTV president in February 2007 after 17 years with the company, including a stint as a president of VH1, many believed she would immediately run OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the fledging co-venture between Winfrey and Discovery Communications. Instead, Norman took a year off. Equally surprising, she joined OWN in January as a CEO, reuniting with her mentor and former boss, Viacom's ex-president and CEO Tom Freston, who has been consulting for the upstart. Her arrival was followed by the April departure of OWN president Robin Schwartz.
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Tazz Anderson's Top 10 Reasons why the BET Awards made me want to vomit
Posted by Guest | June 30, 2009 03:09 AM
The BET Awards is the swine flu of Awards Ceremonies!
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Born and raised in New York City, Felipe Luciano has done pioneering work in fields ranging from community activism to media. As founder and chairman of the Young Lords Party, Luciano’s commitment to community empowerment, ethnic pride, and civil rights was pivotal in changing the color of politics, culture, and society from New York to Puerto Rico. In addition to his community activism, Luciano is highly accomplished in television, radio, music, poetry, journalism and stage productions.
Haters
This important new 30-minute documentary film by Tania Cuevas-Martinez and Lubna Khalid focuses on the current issues of racial profiling and hate crimes on the rise in the United States since September 11. "Haters," journeys through key historical periods and contains personal accounts from victims as well as interviews with prominent activists and theorists. Featuring spoken word by Suheir Hammad (currently performing in "Def Poetry Jam," the hot new cutting edge presentation of performance poetry on Broadway.)