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New York, NY June 30, 2010 - Interactive One, LLC the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROIAK and ROIA), the largest African American multimedia company, today announced that it has partnered with the Council of Urban Professionals ("CUPS"), a nonprofit that advances the social, political and economic interests of minorities and women, to host the inaugural Digital Summit in New York City on July 21st. Additionally, the National Association For Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC) and the ADCOLOR Industry Coalition have joined as marketing partners to support the Digital Summit. The first comprehensive conference to convene a mix of digital thought leaders, venture capitalists and marketers, this not-to-be-missed inaugural event will engage key industry innovators in a provocative dialogue and debate regarding the evolving economic opportunities on the web and the importance of the multicultural online consumer. mobile in partnership with Interactive One's parent company, Radio One.
New York, NY June 30, 2010 - Interactive One, LLC the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROIAK and ROIA), the largest African American multimedia company, today announced that former AOL Product and Programming Executive, Mike Rich, will join Interactive One as its Chief Product and Operating Officer. Mr. Rich will drive the direction and strategy for Interactive One's network of sites and brands. Additionally, he will help lead a differentiated multi-platform digital offering across radio, video and mobile in partnership with Interactive One's parent company, Radio One.
TAP recently ran a story on Radio One founder and CEO Cathy Hughes...
... it's important to note that this publicly-traded company has more to show for itself than just radio. With over 53 stations in 16 markets, it is a dominant force in the broadcast industry but as a lesser known fact, it includes a digital division, Interactive One, and also has a 50% stake in the cable station TV One.
Read the full Article at the Atlanta Post
By The Atlanta Post
Published: March 31, 2010
New York, NY November 30, 2009 - Interactive One, LLC the digital connection for Black America and the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROIAK and ROIA), the largest African American multimedia company, today announced the launch of GIANTLife.com to super-serve a highly underserved audience, affluent African Americans 21-34 and will suspend printing the bi-monthly GIANT magazine.
Read the full Release...Tom Newman, President of Interactive One, which owns BlackPlanet.com, said, "At Interactive One ensuring our members' safety is our highest priority and initiatives such as these provide us with additional tools to ensure that safety"...
Read the full ReleaseBlackPlanet Rising is committed to mobilizing the Black Community by connecting our members to various opportunities to volunteer their time and financial resources.
Visit www.BlackPlanetRising.com to learn more.
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New York, NY April 20, 2009 - GIANTMag.com and TheUrbanDaily.com, two industry leading websites and part of InteractiveOne, were named official honorees by this year's Webby Awards, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Additionally, they are the only African American websites, not cause-related to be named as official 2009 honorees.
New York, NY April 15, 2009 - InteractiveOne, LLC The Digital Connection For Black America, today announced that BlackPlanet, the premiere African American social network will be the presenting sponsor of the 2009 Soul Beach Music Festival, which will take place in Aruba May 20-25, 2009. The festival will take place over Memorial Day Weekend in Aruba's sun-kissed paradise with five days of spectacular events. Soul music lovers from around the world will enjoy sizzling beach parties, hot nightclubs and live concerts from artists including Jamie Foxx, Estelle, Wayne Brady, Robin Thicke, Etana and Common.
One lucky BlackPlanet member will be granted the opportunity to perform live at the Soul Beach Music Festival. The Soul Beach Music Contest is looking for the best in the underground soul market to enter a unique competition to win the opportunity of a lifetime. BlackPlanet users have until April 20, 2009 to enter submissions at www.blackplanet.com/soulbeach where they can upload a performance video that best showcases their sound. A BlackPlanet judging committee will evaluate the entries based on performance, creativity, personality, and overall vocals and will select twenty finalists. On April 27, 2009 videos from the 20 finalists will be presented on BlackPlanet.com where the voting will be open to the public and Soul enthusiasts around the nation will have five days to vote for their favorite stars. Each vote will be submitted through a premium text messaging service (each text costs $.99) and will automatically enter the voter to win an all expense paid trip for two to the 2009 Aruba Soul Beach Music Festival courtesy of BlackPlanet.com. The grand prize winners for both contests will be announced on May 8, 2009.
Miami, FL - April 13th, 2009 - Terra USA, a leading Internet company and original digital content producer with a primary focus on the U.S. Hispanic experience, today announced a three-year initiative with Interactive One, LLC, the digital division of Radio One, Inc. and the parent company of MiGente.com, the preeminent English-language social networking site dedicated to second- and third-generation U.S. Hispanics. Allowing the two media giants to cross-market and cross-sell between audiences, the announcement marks the creation of the most comprehensive digital offering for the U.S. Hispanic market on the Internet today. Through this unique partnership, Terra will manage all advertising opportunities and share exclusive content to MiGente.com's vast and growing audience, while also expanding the social networking site into the global market.
The Terra-Interactive One partnership will provide marketers with an unparalleled opportunity to target a key demographic within the social networking environment and create integrated advertising campaigns that span both sites. The 3.2 million registered users on MiGente.com represent a segment of the U.S. population with enormous buying-power that is growing at an exponential rate. Predominantly U.S.-born, bilingual Hispanics between the ages of 18 and 35, the MiGente.com audience utilizes online space for self-expression, to seek out culturally relevant content and to connect with like-minded peers.
New York, NY March 26, 2009 - Interactive One, today announced that Napster CTO David Wolfe will join Interactive One as its Chief Product and Operating Officer. Mr. Wolfe will drive the direction and strategy for Interactive One's network of sites and brands. Additionally, he will be at the forefront of a unique multi-platform play in partnership with Interactive One's parent company, Radio One. Wolfe will manage a staff of approximately 50 people and will report to Interactive One President, Thomas Newman.
Emil Wilbekin, editor of urban lifestyle magazine Giant, which has featured both musicians on its cover, believes Rihanna's popularity will continue to rise while Brown will face challenges as he wages a battle in the court of public opinion.
"It's hard for Rihanna to take a stance on being the poster woman for domestic violence when she hasn't admitted what went on or what is going on. When you're in something, it's harder to have perspective," says Wilbekin. "She's following her heart, and she's very young."
Adds Wilbekin: "What people realize about this scenario is that they're a very real couple. They're real people with real problems. The reconciliation shows that they're very much in love. Is that a healthy love or not is the question."
Read the full article at People.com
By Jessica Herndon
Published: March 7, 2009
"Last June, Mr. Liggins' Radio One -- the largest African American broadcasting company, which includes TV One, Interactive One and GIANT Magazine -- sponsored a black segmentation study by consumer-research firm Yankelovich. The study, called Black America Today, was the largest of its kind."
Last week Radio One, one of the nation's largest radio broadcasting companies, started tying its news and lifestyle Web sites to BlackPlanet, the largest social networking site for African-Americans. The BlackPlanet name and photo of users now appear next to their comments on the news blog NewsOne and the female-oriented site HelloBeautiful and other sites.
"Although nobody has figured out the secret sauce," said Tom Newman, the president of Interactive One, a new digital subsidiary of Radio One, "enabling members to interact with each other and interact with professionally generated content is the future."
The African-American market is a complex tapestry of many diverse experiences and sub-cultures, the Interactive One suite of web channels do a great job of finding and serving many of these voices.
Interactive One is well-positioned to capitalize on the online passions of African Americans.
Maria Weaver Watson
Vice President, Brand Marketing and Strategic Communications
mweaver@interactiveone.com