Category : Industry Related News
BET Experience at L.A. LIVE: Taste of Soul
BET Experience at L.A. LIVE partners with Bakewell Media to bring Taste of A Taste of Soul food festival June 28-30, 2013. The event showcases...
CIROC Ultra Premium: Official Vodka of 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
CIROC Ultra Premium Vodka becomes official vodka of 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Sean 'Diddy' Combs celebrates partnership supporting filmmakers....
The Essence Festival Announces “Family Reunion Day”
The Essence Festival announces its first-ever Family Reunion Day on July 4th in New Orleans, featuring free activities, empowerment panels, and performances by Biz Markie,...
Black Women in Fashion Magazine Launches
1966 Magazine launches as a new fashion publication created by and for modern black women, offering beauty, lifestyle, and fashion content. The magazine addresses a...
Chrysler Official Sponsor of Detroit Jazz Festival
Chrysler returns as presenting sponsor of Detroit Jazz Festival, the world's largest free jazz festival. The partnership extends Chrysler's 'Imported from Detroit' campaign....
2013 ESSENCE Festival Star-Studded Lineup in New Orleans
The 2013 Essence Festival announces star-studded lineup featuring Beyonce, Maxwell, New Edition, and Jill Scott performing July 4-7 in New Orleans....
SoulTic Magazine Volume 4 Highlights Culture and Leadership
SoulTic Magazine Volume 4 features Roy Jones Jr, Vivica Fox, and covers African American music history including Michael Jackson tribute. The culture magazine focuses on...
Frank Ocean Announced as Headliner for Hove Festival
Frank Ocean announced as headliner for Norway's Hove Festival 2013 following Channel Orange success and Grammy win. Festival runs July 2-5 on Tromøya island....
Jamie Foxx and Celebrities Promote Mentoring in New PSAs
Jamie Foxx, Eve, and other celebrities star in new Big Brothers Big Sisters PSAs promoting mentoring and donations, airing nationally through Comcast partnership....
CBS Survivor Star Hits Bestseller Book List
Los Angeles, CA, March 19, 2013 –(PR.com)– He’s done it again. Phillip Sheppard of CBS Survivor (Fans vs. Favorites) not only dominates the current season,...
Are You Ready for VH1’s The Gossip Game?
VH1's new reality series The Gossip Game premieres April 1st, featuring seven Black entertainment media personalities including Angela Yee and Kim Osorio competing for exclusive...
Stars Unite for Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational
The 12th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational returns to Las Vegas featuring Michael Phelps, Jerry Rice, Wayne Brady and dozens more celebrities. The four-day charity...
OppsPlace Joins BET Digital & UPTOWN Media for Jobs
OppsPlace.com partners with BET Digital and UPTOWN Media to tackle minority unemployment, offering 20,000+ Fortune 500 job opportunities for diverse candidates....
Notorious B.I.G.’s Kids Launch Animated Series
Notorious B.I.G.'s children C.J. and T'yanna Wallace debut animated series House of Wallace, honoring their father's legacy through a Brooklyn studio storyline....
Real Husbands of Hollywood Season 2
BET announces second season of Real Husbands of Hollywood featuring Kevin Hart and celebrity friends. The mockumentary comedy earned over 4 million viewers....
Star-Studded Lineup Announced for Saint Lucia Jazz Festival
R. Kelly, The Jacksons, and Akon headline the 2013 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival from April 30-May 12. The Caribbean's premier cultural event features 50+ artists...
Bounce TV Expands Advertising Sales with Major New Sponsors
Bounce TV adds major sponsors including Walmart, McDonald's, and Johnson & Johnson while expanding their national advertising sales division with new executive appointments....
Floyd Mayweather Signs Record Deal With Showtime/CBS
Floyd Mayweather signs groundbreaking pay-per-view deal with Showtime/CBS for up to six fights over 30 months. The deal could become the richest individual athlete contract...
VH1 Casts “Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story” Biopic
VH1 casts KeKe Palmer, Lil Mama, and Drew Sidora as TLC members in upcoming biopic 'Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story' filming in Atlanta....
Lincoln Movie Inspires Mississippi to Ratify 13th Amendment
Mississippi officially ratified the 13th Amendment banning slavery in 2013, 148 years late, after a professor was inspired by Spielberg's Lincoln movie to research the...
Peep the Trailer: DEMOS Documentary on Artist Success
DEMOS documentary screened at Grammy Museum during Grammy week featuring Black Thought, Talib Kweli, DJ Quik and others making the case for independent music....
Chaka Zulu Named VP Entertainment & Sports Marketing
Industry veteran Chaka Zulu, known for managing Ludacris, has been appointed VP of Entertainment and Sports Marketing at Monster Cable Inc. The former radio MD...
La La Anthony Returns for Season 3 of Full Court Life on VH1
La La Anthony returns for season 3 of Full Court Life on VH1, featuring Olympic games with Carmelo Anthony, her makeup brand launch in London,...
Alchemy Networks: Premier Digital YouTube Network for Urban Entertainment
Alchemy Networks launches as the first YouTube Multi-Channel Network dedicated to African American consumers, featuring hair, beauty, fashion and urban lifestyle content with nearly 900,000...
Rashan Ali Talks “Real Husbands of Hollywood” with Boris Kodjoe
Streetz 94.5 host Rashan Ali interviews Boris Kodjoe about BET's mock reality show 'Real Husbands Of Hollywood' starring Kevin Hart and Robin Thicke....