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JUNE 2013
Cheerios not pulling spot featuring interracial
family after racist comments online
MAY 2013
NABOB targeting $750 mil in federal advertising
dollars for Black owned radio, TV
Prudential study of African-Americans finds them
optimistic about finances and future
Southwest Airlines VP honored with Rosa Parks
Diversity Leadership Award
Michelle Thornhill promoted by Wells Fargo to SVP,
Manager for Enterprise Diversity
Walton Isaacson named advertising agency of the year
by Black Enterprise
Bounce TV to debut first original non-scripted
series with Walmart as title sponsor
Glenda Gill, advocate for marketing and supplier
diversity fairness, honored in Detroit
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 29 - May 5
'Scandal' is No.1 for second consecutive week, but CBS still most watched
network
Toyota sponsors The ROOT's new Twitter tool tracking
black trend topics
The LAGRANT Foundation to award $250,000 in
scholarship to 36 students
Rev. Jesse Jackson wants to talk with PepsiCo about
ad policies and practices
Pepsi pulls online commercial for Mountain Dew after
critics label it 'racist'
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week April 22 - 28 VH1
overcomes NBA Playoffs dominance with alternative for black viewers to
basketball
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 22 - 28 'Scandal'
again No.1, pushes ABC to overtake CBS as week's most watched network
Aspire network begins production on 'Exhale,' its
first original weekly talk series
APRIL 2013
Polk promotes Marc Bland to Vice President of
Diversity Marketing Practice
Toyota Green Initiative awards grand prize to
Grambling State University student
BlackAtlas.com gets grounded by American Airlines in
transformation plans
Women With Purpose Global Summit attracting
multicultural media professionals
'Conversations With Ed Gordon' begins syndication
this weekend as one-hour special
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week April 15 - 21 The
NBA Playoffs give cable networks a big boost in Black viewership
Vibe acquired by SpinMedia with plans to end
magazine in favor of online version
Buying Power of Black America' probes spending
shifts caused by tight economy
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 15 - 21 The
number of TV shows with at least a million black viewers continues to drop
Black women hired as spokespersons for two major
advertising campaigns
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week April 8 - 14 For the
first time in weeks, Iyanla and La Toya give OWN network shows on Top 25
chart
Soul of the South Network to debut Memorial Weekend
with $10 million investment
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 8 - 14 NCAA
Championship game takes No.1 with increase of black viewers over last year
Adrienne Lofton Shaw named Chief Marketing Officer
for Dockers brand
International Speedway appoints Larry Woodard, Sonia
Green to board of directors
Wells Fargo survey: African-Americans optimistic
about their financial future
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week April 1 - 7 'Real
Housewives' beats 'The Game' by a half million viewers for No.1 cable spot
Integrated Multicultural Media Solutions launches
media management services
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 1 - 7 Final Four
fails to unseat 'Scandal' as the most watched TV show in black households
NewMediaMetrics signs BET Networks for
African-American brand study
UniWorld founder Byron Lewis' Hall of Fame induction
to be celebrated at Schomburg
Tyler Perry's scripted series come to OWN network
with two-night launch in May
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week March 25 - 31 'The
Game' returns to No.1 and earns BET week's most watched cable network title
Marriott ties-in to the upcoming release of '42'
film on baseball's Jackie Robinson
Walton Isaacson agency names Colin Costello senior
creative director
Toyota unveils Burrell campaign for all-new Avalon
featuring actor Idris Elba
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 25 - 31 'Scandal'
finishes March still in the No.1 spot among black viewers' favorite shows
Poll: African-Americans confident economic, social
conditions improving under Obama
Chicago's WVON marks its 50th anniversary with a day
of retro broadcasts from the 1960's
Walton Isaacson campaign for Verizon with Kevin Hart
takes IAC Online Award
MARCH 2013
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week March 18 - 24 'Real
Husbands' pass 'Real Housewives' to give BET most watched cable network title
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 18 - 24 'Scandal'
overtakes 'American Idol' to return to No.1 show for the week in black homes
Black ad agencies maintain accounts after
reshuffling in auto marketing
Toyota financial unit elevates minority-owned
brokerage firms for diversity bond initiative
Doug Banks announces launching of media
company with Ed Pearson as president
Nationally syndicated radio host Michael
Baisden vows he will return to airwaves
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week March 11 - 17 Real
Housewives of Atlanta takes No.1 cable show for fourth consecutive week
Visit Orlando picks Lattimer Communications to
handle African-American assignment
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 11 - 17 Number of
TV shows with at least a million black viewers continues to drop
Bob Johnson forms alliance with BET Digital, UPTOWN
Media to promote jobs site
TV One orders 26 episodes for second season of The
Rickey Smiley Show
Three Lessons Artists Can Learn From Startups
Commonground ad agency breaks into film production
with original documentary
Publisher Dorothy Leavell named chair of National
Black Chamber of Commerce
State Farm study reveals different attitudes on
financial security by women of color
Sherman Kizart re-appointed to FCC's advisory
committee on diversity
Black consumers use mobile devices for shopping more
than general population
Lynn Norment, long time editor for Ebony magazine,
opens media relations firm
Radio One's WDNI Indianapolis TV station becomes a
Telemundo affiliate
Mintel announces Tonya Roberts joins company as
multicultural reports analyst
Bounce TV to produce its first reality series
starring gospel group foreverJones
Chicago Defender appoints Ronald Childs to Executive
Editor post
The Gospel Music Channel re-brands itself with new
name, UP
Commentator Armstrong Williams acquires TV stations
in Michigan and S. Carolina
Bounce TV announces new advertisers and new posts of
EVP, SVP for sales
J.C. Watts' 24-hour black news channel forms
partnership with Florida A&M University
Polk adds enhancements to its African American,
Hispanic data and insights
FEBRUARY 2013
Target Market News publisher an honoree for Univ. of
Chicago Black Alumni Awards
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week February 11 - 17 NBA
All-Star weekend gives TNT easy victory as most watched cable network
Black TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 11 - 17 ABC's
'Scandal' takes No.1 for the week in black households and all key demos
Rashada Whitehead named CEO of Flowers
Communications Group
Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ingrid Saunders
Jones, to retire after 30 years
Faith-focused Alright TV being launched by Bob
Johnson and Tracey Edmonds
Fox forms alliance with HBCUs to create
opportunities for new black talent
Former Moet Hennessy exec Noel Hankin joins
Diversity Affluence as Partner
Los Angeles Dodgers name Walton Isaacson
advertising/marketing agency of record
Colgate-Palmolive acknowledges Black History Month
with Children's Health Fund effort
Clinkscales' Shadow League names Yussuf Khan VP of
national ad sales
Comcast creates Web entertainment channel for
Xfinity Black History Month offerings
Former Rep. Cardiss Collins, who championed
advertising, media issues, dies at 81
AT&T 28 Days returns for a fifth year to celebrate
Black History Month
JANUARY 2013
Rainbow PUSH Coalition releases results of auto
industry diversity scorecard
Johnson Publishing Company names Rich A. Magid Chief
Financial Officer
Lagrant Communications names Lee Hayes Senior Vice
President
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week Dec. 31 - Jan. 6
ESPN smothers the cable competition with wall-to-wall college and pro
football
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack named Chief Operating
Officer of Johnson Publishing
Black TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 31 - Jan. 6 NFL
wildcard game gives Fox network a strong Black audience for Saturday night
DECEMBER 2012
Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor and veteran
magazine executive, dies at 57
DISH Network launches Africa Box Office channel
featuring African, Caribbean movies
17th Annual Urban Wheels Awards to be held at
International Auto Show Jan. 13th
What the sale of Arbitron to Nielsen means to Urban
radio stations
Nielsen to purchase Arbitron with an eye to
measuring more out-of-home media
Black TV Ratings for Week of December 3 - 9
ABC's 'Scandal' sees boost in viewers, while other Top 25 shows decline
Univision to carry Bounce TV in unique seven
market distribution deal
Soul of the South Network to air Premiere Basketball
League games
Radio One increases stake in Reach Media, makes
plans to launch a new Urban network
Former NABOB President and Mississippi State
Senator, Bennie Turner dies at 64
NOVEMBER 2012
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of November 12 - 18
Cable viewing in Black households takes a big hit before Thanksgiving holiday
Celebrity doctor launches BlackHealthTV.com, a video
and social media website
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 12 - 18 Black
viewers favored a 'normal' week of TV between the election and
Thanksgiving
Len Burnett inks deal to leave Vibe Holdings LLC and
re-purchase Uptown magazine
Former Essence editor-in-chief launches CoCoaFab.com
site for young women
ASPiRE cable channel to premiere original TV series,
'The ROOT 100' starting Dec. 5th
NABOB wins $1.2 million in advertising from mortgage
companies for member stations
Polling of Black voters by NAACP reveal attitudes
and trends unreported by media
New Ford multicultural ad campaign from UniWorld
features Tupac Shakur poem
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of November 5 - 11
Cable news networks try to hold on to Black voters gained during election
coverage
Nielsen appoints Lamont Robinson Vice President of
Supplier Diversity
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 5 - 11 During
week of election night euphoria, network TV lost Black audiences
Decision against Washington Informer's eligibility
to carry city's ads is reversed\
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4
Reality shows and sports were Black cable viewers key diversions before election
Black voters in historic numbers join coalition that
re-elects President Barack Obama
Black TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4 As
Black audiences drift further to cable, CBS claims 18 hit TV shows on Top 25
chart
Former General Mills exec to head multicultural
marketing for MillerCoors
Super Bowl Gospel Celebration has kick off at ANA
Multicultural Conference
Smiley & West radio program returns to the Chicago
market with two new affiliates
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 22 - 28 Black
TV viewers turning their attention more to politics than the usual
programming
Real Time Media in joint venture with MGPG Events to
expand The Black Women's Expo
Walmart exec tells ANA conference retailer intends
to double multicultural budget
OCTOBER 2012
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of October 22 - 28
Final Presidential debate in close race to be the most watched cable programmin
UniWorld Group agency a multiple winner at the ANA
Multicultural Excellence Awards
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 22 - 28 Black
TV viewers turning their attention more to politics than the usual programming
Real Times Media inks licensing deal with CNN for
its print, digital platforms
Bernie McCain, one of WOL's most popular
personalities, dies at 75
Clear Channel billboards in Texas carry ads claiming
M. L. King was a Republican
First Lady Michelle Obama gives exclusive interview
to Cafe Mocha radio show
Radio One reaches deal to sell one of its three
Columbus, Ohio stations
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 15 - 21 Black
TV viewers turning their attention more to politics than the usual programming
TV One CEO Wonya Lucas to leave company, Alfred
Liggins to assume duties
Second discrimination suit filed against Starcom
MediaVest
Bounce TV to debut new series 'Off The Chain' with
Rodney Perry tonight
Mountain Dew wraps up DEWeezy Project with new spot
featuring Lil Wayne
Honda Battle of the Bands engages consumers with
social media platforms
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of October 8 - 14
BET outscores 'Monday Night Football' for the week's most popular cable shows
Andrew Brimmer, first Black board member of the
Federal Reserve, dies at 86
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 8 - 14 TV
viewing last week all about competition in politics, sports, music and
dancing
LAGRANT Foundation to award quarter of a million
dollars to marketing, PR students
Russell Simmons' new YouTube channel to feature
content for diverse millennials
BET sets records with 'Hip Hop Awards' and 'Keyshia
& Daniel'
Equals Three agency cuts staff, office space after
loss of US Navy contract
UniWorld Group campaign for Marriott targets diverse
business travelers
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 1 - 7 ABC's
'Scandal' climbs to No.3 on list of Top 25 favorite shows in Black homes
Rainbow PUSH unveils industry scorecard initiative
at its Automotive Summit
Wayne Brown, one of radio's most admired and
influential executives, dies at 55
Black-owned agency, Prime Access, bought and merged
into healthcare marketing firm
Bob Johnson closes on acquisition deal forming RLJ
Entertainment
Oprah Winfrey Network strikes exclusive multi-year
partnership with Tyler Perry
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 24 - 30 The
search for Black cable viewers continues as they decide on their favorite shows
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 24 - 30 Black
households add freshmen TV network shows to their viewing habits
NAMIC announces newly elected members of the board
of directors
Black Millenials viewing fewer hours of TV than
African-American boomers
UniWorld Group a finalist in two competitions for
multicultural advertising
SEPTEMBER 2012
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of September 17 - 23
Black cable viewers surf the dial in search of new and different shows
CSE multicultural team provides full range of
service for Atlanta Football Classic
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 17 - 23 NBC
cuts into CBS' dominance as most popular TV network in black homes
Bounce TV, celebrating first anniversary, in talks
with Nielsen to add national ratings
Conde Nast Publications appoints Keija Minor
editor-in-chief of Brides magazine
Johnson Publishing and out-of-home media firm Titan
in partner agreement
Bounce TV marks anniversary this week with Detroit
market debut on WXYZ
American Urban Radio Networks presents Urban Knight
Awards to five honorees
Nielsen, NNPA release second report on the growth of
the African-American consumer
Comcast names former NFL coach Tony Dungy spokesman
for Internet Essentials
NABJ finds diversity of nation's TV newsrooms
showing 'lukewarm' progress
Black media and agencies unite to get their
consumers a fair shake
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of September 10 - 16
Oprah Winfrey Network posts three shows on the Top 25 cable chart
Multicultural work among new categories in Effie
Award's call for entries
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 10 - 16
Viewers seem comfortable with same old thing from TV's new fall season
Sharon K. McGhee, WVON radio personality and
playwright, dies at 55
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 3 - 9 'Love
and Hip Hop' finale sets record; DNC on cable tops 17 million black
viewers
Interactive One launches Zona De Sabor, its second
Latino digital media platform
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 10 - 16
Viewers seem comfortable with same old thing from TV's new fall season
Sharon K. McGhee, WVON radio personality and
playwright, dies at 55
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 3 - 9 'Love
and Hip Hop' finale sets record; DNC on cable tops 17 million black viewers
Interactive One launches Zona De Sabor, its second
Latino digital media platform
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 3 - 9
Democratic Convention and football push up Black TV viewership by over 80%
NBA MVP Derrick Rose becomes equity partner,
spokesperson for Giordano's chain
Arbitron's latest 'Black Radio Today' report shows
continued loyalty of Black listeners
SoftSheen-Carson recruits actress Tracee Ellis Ross
on new product line
CVS/pharmacy partners with Rolling Out to launch
Mirror Mirror Beauty Awards Tour
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 27 - Sept. 2
'Love and Hip Hop' and other cable favorites attract 10 million more than
TV's Top 25
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 27 - Sep. 2 Fox's
winning the food fight as 'Hell's Kitchen' rises to No.1 TV show with
Black viewers
Cafe Mocha Radio marks second year in syndication
with six new affiliates
Renetta McCann returns to ad industry as Leo
Burnett's Chief Talent Officer
Michelle Obama's Democratic Convention speech draws
26.2million TV viewers
ESSENCE appoints Teresa Wiltz deputy editor, also
adds contributors
BET's 'Sunday Best' season finale scores show's
highest ratings ever
Urban Radio Forum touts speakers from Obama 2012
agency, Horizon Media and FCC
AUGUST 2012
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 19 - 26
'Love and Hip Hop' and other cable favorites attract 10 million more than TV's
Top 25
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 19 - 26 Black
viewers' TV habit remain the same for the final viewing days of summer
Study: African Americans more engaged in Internet
radio ads than whole population
BET News poll of Black voters finds more concerned
about wages than jobs
Olympian Gabby Douglas: A Case of Here We Go Again -
By Tom Burrell
IMAGES USA advertising agency adds three new clients
to its roster
Bounce TV's new markets deal extends its reach to
80% of Black U.S. homes
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 13 - 19
Rihana's appearance on 'Oprah's Next Chapter' puts OWN on Top 25 for first time
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 13 - 19 Pre-season
football and food shows dominate the last days of summer TV viewing
Bounce TV names industry veteran Billy Hall to EVP,
Programming & Production
MillerCoors recognizes National Urban Entrepreneurs
Week with series of activities
Study: African-Americans show greatest loyalty among
all consumer segments
Lexus premieres its second season of series 'Versus
& Flow' on TV One
Bounce TV announces its first returning series for
second season, Uptown Comic
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 6 - 12
Disney captures young viewers, but top of the cable chart stays with VH1, BET
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 6 -12
Olympics attract a record 46.6 million Black viewers for telecasts of games
Inner City files suit against YMF Media,
debtholders to recover art collection
July comScore report ranks Moguldom Media top online
network for African Americans
Maria Moffitt joins IMAGES USA as Vice President,
Director of Client Services
TV One and NBC News to collaborate on coverage of
Democratic, GOP conventions
Sears Auto Center launches new national advertising
campaign
Why marketers should be targeting Black consumers -
By BET's Debra Lee
Tia Norfleet, first black woman licensed to race in
NASCAR, makes her debut
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 30 - Aug. 5
VH1 continues its hold over the Top 25 even as ratings show a dip in viewers
Black TV Ratings for Week of Jul 30 - Aug. 5 Summer
Olympics draw a million more Black viewers than 2008 games
BET launch of 'Don't Sleep!' late night series with T. J.
Holmes set for Oct. 1
NBC explains poorly timed Animal Practice promo after
Gabby Douglas interview
Charles Curry, pioneering marketing executive with P&G and
Burrell, dies at 65
Power of Urban Radio Forum to highlight firms representing
$100 bil in media buys
Radio One reports another quarter of strong growth, thanks
to radio division
RLJ Companies to develop ALRIGHT TV, a faith-friendly
channel for YouTube
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 23 - 29 'Love and
Hip Hop' gives VH1 Olympic-sized audience, most watched network title
Former GM and Allstate marketing exec hired as COO for
Global Team Ford agency
Interactive One's Urban Daily site adds video series with
Toyota partnership
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 23 - 29 Black viewers
watching Summer Olympics with same high interest as 2008 games
Veteran news executive Camille Edwards named Vice
President of News at WABC-TV
JULY 2012
Nielsen survey: Companies say multicultural
consumers key to future success
St. Louis American again voted nation's best
African-American newspaper
Bounce TV gets rights to Black films from Disney,
Miramax, Sony Pictures and MGM
Walton Isaacson agency named Supplier of the Year
for third consecutive year
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 16 - 22 VH1
captures No.1 cable show and network titles in a week of mixed viewing
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 16 - 22 'Person of
Interest' returns to No.1 TV show in black households
Flowers Communications handles first diversity
summit for Major League Baseball
Matlock Advertising applies Adfusion's Panoramic ad
platform in BMW campaign
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 9 - 15 Summer TV
viewing in Black households continues to fall after July 4th holiday
Flowers Communications retains and expands its
assignment with MillerCoors
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 2 - 8 'Person of
Interest' takes the No.1 spot on the week's Top 25 TV shows
Bounce TV adds the Detroit market with Scripps/WXYZ-TV
agreement
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 25 - July 1
BET Awards easily take No.1 cable show, VH1 remains week's top cable network
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 25 - July 1
'America's Got Talent,' Olympic trials give NBC a win with black viewers
E. Morris Communications creates winning debut
campaign for juice drink line
Africa Channel signs sponsorship deal to compete in
2013 NASCAR racing season
Black journalists honor NorthStar publisher as
'Entrepreneur of the Year'
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 18 - 24 VH1
wins the week's trifecta on the Top 25 cable favorites in black households
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 18 - 24 Black
viewers were 35 percent of the total audience for NBA championship game
Africa Channel signs sponsorship deal to compete in 2013
NASCAR racing season
JUNE 2012
ASPiRE will launch with series, 'ABFF Independent'
featuring Black filmmakers
BET leads coalition of Black media, ad agencies in
effort to increase ad dollars
NNPA names William Tompkins to new position of
President and CEO
Bob Johnson urges Black wealth creation at Black
conservatives' forum
TV One to re-brand itself with new logo and slogan
reflecting diversity of Black life
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 11 - 17 NBA
moves to ABC for The Finals and Top 25 cable viewership drops 33 percent
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 11 - 17 The NBA
Finals are highest-rated games with Black viewers in nearly a decade
Anderson Communications marks 23rd anniversary of
'Focus on Women'
Decisive Media strikes deal with Hyundai on new
sales program
AtlantaBlackStar.com celebrates Father's Day with an
online campaign
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 4 - 10
Record-setting ratings set the stage for hot NBA Finals between Heat and Thunder
AARP names Robyn Motley Senior Vice President, GM of
group's media properties
Interactive One expands custom video content for
increased engagement
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 4 - 12 Fox is
week's most watched network, thanks to Sunday's animated comedies
Carol Watson named president of Advertising Women of
New York
Emmett McBain, Burrell Advertising co-founder and
prominent artist, dies at 77
Cafe Mocha to present its 'Celebrating Women' brunch
with WBLS in New York
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 28 - June 3
NBA's bigger Playoff audience swings back to eastern conference match-ups
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 28 - June 3 CBS
regains top spot with Black viewers during Memorial holiday week
Ford debuts African-American campaign for 2013
Escape with humorous creative
All 30 teams to attend Major League Baseball's first
Diversity Summit
Allstate signals changes in African-American
marketing with job posting
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk of May 21 - 27
Oklahoma City Thunder turning into NBA Playoffs' biggest drawing team
Ford sets new record in supplier diversity with 34%
increase
MAY 2012
Wells Fargo names Yvette Hollingsworth chief
compliance officer
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 21 - 27 NBA
Playoffs keep ABC the week's No.1 network with Black households
Arsenio Hall looking at return to late-night lineup
next year
Funeral services announced for Barbara Graves,
matriarch of Black Enterprise family
Nielsen names Crystal Barnes vice president of
industry relations
Muse agency criticizes ad industry on diversity in
spot during 'The Pitch'
Barbara Graves, wife of Black Enterprise founder
Earl Graves Sr., dies
Hazel Trice Edney elected president of Capital Press
Club
Afro-Brazilian.com marks first year of targeting
Black consumers with promotions
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 14 - 20
Audiences way down for NBA Playoffs' second round without Chicago Bulls
Radio and broadcasting pioneer Hal Jackson dies at
the age of 96
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 14 - 20 'Scandal'
hangs on to No.1 spot with black viewers and is renewed by ABC
Nielsen: Black consumers are 'above average' in many
of their online activities
New Black consumer research data and trends to be
presented at MAAX Summit
Rainbow PUSH, R.L. Polk hold forum to share
automotive data with Black media
Nielsen: Black consumers are 'above average' in many
of their online activities
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 7 - 13 Blacks
rise to half the total audience for some NBA Playoff games
Honorees named for 2012 Marketing to African
Americans with Excellence (MAAX) Awards
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 7 - 13 'Scandal'
finally gives ABC the No.1 show and week's most watched network title
ASPiRE channel, launching next month, names Paul
Butler general manager
R&B singer Keyshia Cole returns to BET in new docu-drama,
'Family First'
Allied Integrated Marketing launching an
African-American division, Allied Moxy
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 30 - May 6
Black viewers 42% of NBA Playoffs' total audience in first round games
Bounce TV announces original comedy series from
'Think Like A Man' producers
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 30 - May 6 ABC's
'Scandal' hits No.1 for first time, but CBS still most watched network
MadameNoire.com reports growth in unique visitors to
more than 1.5 million
Elev8.com to feature a weekly column from gospel
artist Marvin Sapp
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 23 - 29 BET
is again week's winning cable network as the NBA Playoffs take off
Bounce TV to launch its first original scripted
series, 'Family Time'
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 23 - 29 ABC stay
ahead of CBS with Black viewers with 'Scandal' and 'Dancing'
UniWorld founder Byron Lewis sells stake in agency
to new CEO Monique Nelson
APRIL 2012
The Tom Joyner Morning Show promotes phone app
following loss of NY station
Black consumers' activity on smartphone remains
higher than other segments
New owners of NY's WBLS-FM buy intellectual property
of rival KISS-FM
Aspire cable network closes first launch partnership
with Universal McCann clients
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 16 - 22
BET's 'The Game' takes No.1, but the NBA is the week's real winner on the
Top 25
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 16 - 22 ABC
overtakes CBS as most watched TV network in Black households
UniWorld, One Solution partner on first-ever Black
consumer brand habits study
Uptown Magazine's April/May issue is the largest in
its eight-year history
Survey: Majority of Black TV viewers dissatisfied
with programming options
GlobalHue to handle advertising for Jeep and USA
Basketball partnership
Acura issues an apology for 'not too dark' reference
in casting call description
BET Networks to debut late night show, scripted
shows and digital platforms
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 9 - 15
BET's vends off challenge from VH1, TBS to remain No.1 cable network of
the week
George Curry returns to editor-in-chief position of
NNPA News Service
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 9 - 15 Black viewers,
'Grey's Anatomy' keep ABC's 'Scandal' competitive on Thursdays
Nielsen data show opportunity for mobile advertisers
with Black consumers
Survey contrasts perceptions between multicultural
and white ad professionals
MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs contest supports
supplier diversity goals
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 2 - 8 BET's
90-minute block for 'The Game' continues its ratings dominance
Gil Noble, journalist and legendary broadcast
pioneer, dies at the age of 80
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 2 - 8 Premiere of
'Scandal' starring Kerry Washington gives ABC record-setting debut
Interactive One, BlackDoctor.org form partnership on
content and ad sales
Trayvon Martin top news story among Americans above
election, economy
Burger King apologizes for black targeted Web
commercial featuring Mary J. Blige
NASCAR seeking more black fans again, but black ad
agencies need not apply
Ariel/Aon Hewitt study looks at impact of economy on
Blacks' retirement status
Burrell's 'Black Media Reality Check' forum pushes a fresh look at
targeted media
BET Networks and NetSpend introduce pre-paid MasterCard
for African-Americans
MARCH 2012
Arbitron settles PPM discrimination suit with Calif.
attorney general for $400,000
Time Warner Cable issues studies on broadband's impact on blacks, Latinos
McDonald's elevates Don Thompson to CEO after Jim
Skinner's retirement in July
TV One plans to double the amount of original content in upcoming season
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 5 - 11
BET's 'The Game' holds on to No.1 over Oprah's Whitney Houston special
NABJ honors CNN's Janet Rolle with annual Media
Professional Award
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 5 - 11
BET's 'The Game' holds on to No.1 over Oprah's Whitney Houston special
Barry Mayo, President of Radio One, turns in his
resignation
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 5 - 11 NBC makes
some gains with black viewers, but CBS still the favorite network
Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee has been named President and
CEO of NAMIC
Bounce TV airing in Los Angeles market through
agreement with Fox's KCOP-TV
Real Times Media partners acquire Atlanta Daily
World as group's sixth newspaper
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 27 - Mar. 4
BET gains traction with 'The Game' and takes No.1 on Top 25 cable chart
Pepper Miller updates perspectives on
African-American marketing in new book
Black TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 27 - Mar. 4 CBS
grows its dominance over the Top 25 shows in black households
Vickie Burns, vice president of news at KNBC,
resigns from position
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 20 - 26
TNT's NBA All-Star coverage down 10 percent in black viewership from last year
Black activists call for Clear Channel to make
changes following DJs' on-air slur
Black TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 20 - 26 Oscars
unable to draw significant black audience despite nominees for 'The Help'
Burrell Communications hosting conference on changes
in black media
Muse Communications, nation's first multicultural ad
agency, marks 25th year
FEBRUARY 2012
Networks led by Magic Johnson, Sean Combs chosen for
carriage by Comcast
Kim Hunter launches executive search firm for marketing, communications
industries
Harley-Davidson celebrates African- Americans' contributions to riding culture
Most of top 25 advertisers in Black-oriented media
are increasing spending
Oprah's tweet to millions of Twitter followers draws
fire from Nielsen
AT&T again underwrites Black History Month special featuring Maya Angelou
Tom Joyner calls for Roland Martin to apologize for
offensive Tweet
Interactive One claims record-setting traffic levels for its sites in 2011
Bob Johnson unveils Website in effort to match
minorities, business opportunities
Arbitron's Julian Davis, Director of Urban Radio,
announces his retirement
Black media owners encourage their audiences to
fight for change and control
New owners, BCDT & Associates, close deal to
purchase Heart & Soul magazine
Black Enterprise Business Report adds five NBC
digital stations
Coca-Cola urges African Americans to 'Pay It
Forward' in Black History Month
ING study finds African-Americans rely on Internet,
media for investment info
Latest Florida Black Marketing Guide a resource to
tap state's $52 billion market
Commonground makes its debut as agency for Illinois
Lottery with Super Bowl spot
Don Cornelius remembered for changing the image and
course of blacks in television
National survey asks African-Americans what's
missing from their TV choices
"Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius found dead at his
Sherman Oaks, Calif. home
JANUARY 2012
Melissa Harris-Perry is latest addition to
African-American hosts on MSNBC
Al Wellington, pioneering researcher of African
American consumers, dies at 63
Nationally syndicated Cafe Mocha Radio signs
agreement with Cumulus Media
Amtrak renews agency assignment with IMAGES USA for
three more years
Wall St. Project Summit hosts public panel to
examine state of media ownership
ASALH issues call for entries for Black History
Month luncheon ad showcase
Pepsi Beverages to pay $3.1 million to settle
federal racial discrimination suit
TV One announces two additions of original series to
prime time lineup
Ford repeats as winner of Polk's Loyalty Awards with
African-American consumers
Lee Bailey to present Martin Luther King special
2012 on Jan. 16th
Johnson Publishing moving its Chicago offices to new
Michigan Ave. address
Gospel Today names new publisher as founder Teresa
Hairston steps down
Vibe, Uptown merged with BlackBook Media and The
Access Network Co.
Herbert Nipson, award-winning journalist, former
Ebony executive editor, dies at 95
DECEMBER 2011
Sam Logan, longtime iconic Michigan Chronicle
publisher, dies at the age of 78
AT&T brings back 28 Days speakers program for Black
History Month
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 12 - 18 On
cable, football makes way for reality as 'Housewives,' 'T.I. & Tiny' top chart
Black TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 5 - 11 'Sunday
Night Football' nearly doubles black audience over previous week
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 5 - 11 VH1's
black viewers upstage 'Monday Night Football' with 'T.I. and Tiny'
ColorofChange: Firms marketing to blacks must end
support to conservative group
LaTanya Junior named marketing chief for Howard
University's exec ad program
OWN execs see possibilities for network's future in
targeting black viewers
Ofield Dukes, an icon among public relations
professionals, dies at 79
T.J. Holmes leaves CNN anchor post for multi-media
deal with BET Networks
Orlena Blanchard appointed TV One's Senior Vice
President of Digital Marketing
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 28 - Dec. 4
'VH1 scores big enough week to take on 'Monday Night Football'
TV One appoints Linda Finney Senior Vice President
of Marketing
Beverly Johnson tapped for new reality show in
February on the OWN network
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 21 - 27 'Soul
Train Awards,' new Tyler Perry comedy push black cable viewing up 44%
Black TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 21 - 27 Black
households push TV viewing aside when it comes to Thanksgiving
NOVEMBER 2011
Footsteps ad agency wins account from Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Florida
'American Legacy' magazine returns to regular
publication schedule
Black TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 14 - 20 Football
showed black viewer growth in week before Thanksgiving holiday
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 14 - 20 Top
25 cable viewing before holiday week holds steady with favorites
Walmart starts loaned executive program with black
history group partnership
TV One acquires all rights to 'The Black List'
specials; to air in Black History Month
Interactive One, Songza launch first social radio
Website for African-Americans
Howard University marks 40th anniversary with
SiriusXM satellite radio channel
Cable Advertising Bureau launches Website offering
black consumer insights
New smartphone app created for syndicated Cafe Mocha
radio show
Black TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 7 - 14 Top 25
shows some shifting in popularity of black viewers' favorite shows
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 7 - 14
'Monday Night Football' added one million black viewers with Bears v. Eagles
Study: African-American women the most optimistic
about future opportunities
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
BET gives football a run for its money with 'Black Girls Rock!' special
UniWorld Group takes top honors at ANA Multicultural
Excellence Awards
Black TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 6 Once
again football dominates, ABC's newest show make the Top 25
Study: Cross-cultural marketing fails to engage
African-American consumers
Report: Black consumers not being courted by hybrid,
electric car makers
Fox stations to carry programming from Bounce TV,
upping U.S. coverage to 70%
Essence iPad app lets readers try on 300 celebrity
hair styles
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 24-30 Disney
dominates cable's Top 25 for black viewers with big weekend lineup
Real Times to publish second edition of DRIVEN
honoring blacks in auto industry
NABOB applauds 4As policy statement on
nondiscrimination in advertising
Bounce TV strikes carriage deal with WUSA in
Washington, DC market
Interactive One posts largest number of unique
visitors in its history in September
Chrysler Group appoints new head of Talent
Acquisition and Global Diversity
OCTOBER 2011
Soul of the South, regional African-American TV
network to debut early 2012
Radio One replaces Houston's KROI-FM's gospel format
with 24 hour news
4A's issues advisory on non-discrimination
advertising practices
Radio One Detroit closes local marketing agreement
to operate WGPR FM
Volkswagen's marketing chief: 'Black consumers
important to sales goal'
Edwin Avent resigns as head of 'Heart & Soul' as magazine
changes owners
Keith Clinkscales leaves ESPN to be independent
producer
Oprah Winfrey's OWN debuts Welcome To Sweetie Pie's Oct.
15th
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of October 3 - 9
Disney dominates cable's Top 25 for black viewers with big weekend lineup
Urban Wheel Awards announces winners for companies of the
year for diversity
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 3 - 9 CBS dominates
the competition as old favorites still draw black viewers
Polk and Rainbow PUSH sign strategic business agreement on
auto research
Reginald Osborne to head African American efforts for new
Totality agency
Sherman Kizart named to FCC's Committee on Diversity
in Digital Age
Black Cable TV Ratings for Sept. 26 - Oct. 2 Cable's
Top 25 holds on to black viewers as competitive TV season kicks off
Kenetta Bailey named Executive Vice President, CMO
of TV One
Black TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 26 - Oct. 2 CBS
regains most watched network title thanks to NFL's Broncos-Packers game
Joya Harris joins Carol H. Williams Advertising as
Senior Vice President
Polk promotes Marc Bland to head company's diversity
and inclusion efforts
SEPTEMBER 2011
Rep. Bobby Rush hosts CBC panel on lack of blacks as
TV newsroom managers
TheRoot.com ranked top black news site for fourth
consecutive month
Rainbow PUSH Auto Summit to feature top execs in
discussion on advertising
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 19 - 25
Cable's Top 25 holds on to black viewers as competitive TV season kicks off
Nielsen, NNPA release report, 'The State of the
African-American Consumer'
Black TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 12-18 NBC stays
No.1 overall with black TV viewers thanks to NFL football
BMW picks Sanders\Wingo and Matlock agencies for
multicultural assignments
TV One names Tonia Lee vice president of business
operations & strategy
NAMIC names winners of Excellence in Multi-cultural
Marketing Awards
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 5 - 11
Labor Day gives cable viewing a boost as Fall broadcast TV pulls viewers
Kevin McFall named CEO of professional network,
AMightyRiver.com
Black TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 5 - 11 Football
games more than doubles the week's number of black TV viewers
BET Networks names Eddie Hill Senior Vice President,
Consumer Marketing
BET's 'Sunday Best' finishes fourth season with a
record-breaking audience
NABOB/Power of Urban Radio Forum gets keynote from
McDonald's Neil Golden
Decisive Media honored with Gold Ink Awards for
magazine design, quality
Black Cable TV Ratings Wk. of Aug. 29 - Sept. 4
Cable sees big drop in black viewers for Labor Day week; TBS most watched net
BET Black College Tour returns with new sponsors
CoverGirl, KFC, Under Armour
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 29 - Sept. 4 TV
viewing for Labor Day weekend in black homes mirrors last years' level
Transitions Optical expands efforts with NCNW to
reach African Americans
Dorothy E. Brunson, first black woman to own a radio
and TV station, dies at 72
AUGUST 2011
Black TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 19-25 X-Factor
joins football as a regular among most popular TV shows in black homes
NBC owned stations launch new program to recruit
diverse journalists
GM leads all donors in contributions to the $120
million King memorial
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 15 - 21 It's
still summer, but football's scoring high with black TV viewers
MSNBC officially names Rev. Al Sharpton to host 'PoliticsNation'
in daily 6 p.m. slot
Creditors ask bankruptcy judge to force Inner City
Broadcasting into Chapter 11
Johnson Publishing Co. names Kierna Mayo Editorial Director, Digital for Ebony
Target Market News names Karen Weddington Vice
President of Sales
BET specials celebrate unveiling of the Martin
Luther King Memorial
Ebony, Essence out-pace industry average for growth
in ad revenue
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 8 - 14 As summer
line-ups cool, audience number get warmer for TV networks
Sister 2 Sister magazine and Sofn'free launch 'Hair
Attitude Survey'
Northwestern Mutual Foundation sponsors MLK Memorial
Concert
Paddington Brands forms partnership with AP & Assoc.
for multicultural effort
Venus Williams joins Jamba Juice as spokesperson and
franchise owner
Bounce TV network lands Toyota as its first national
sponsor
Radio One reports nearly 30 percent growth in net
revenue for Q2
BlackVoices names OWN Network exec Christina Norman
to top post
NBCUniversal names Craig Robinson EVP, Chief
Diversity Officer
BlackVoices names OWN Network exec Christina Norman
to top post
NBCUniversal names Craig Robinson EVP, Chief
Diversity Officer
JULY 2011
Inner City Broadcasting, black-owned urban radio
firm, to be bought by Yucaipa
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 18 - 24 Summer
heat wave delivers a repeat performance for TV favorites
Coca-Cola extends its partnership with BET into the store
with promotions
Johnson Publishing names Clarisa Wilson president of
Fashion Fair Cosmetics
Postal Service to issue stamp honoring John H. Johnson in
early 2012
Walton/Isaacson ad agency for second time is named
'Supplier of the Year'
Rev. Al Sharpton, a guest anchor on MSNBC, being eyed as
permanent host
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 11 - 17 NBC takes No.1
spot with black TV viewers, but still bows to CBS
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 11 - 17 VH1 scores
with Queen Latifah's scripted drama, 'Single Ladies'
New GlobalHue ad campaign for Jeep Grand Cherokee
debuts this week
OgilvyCULTURE launches as agency practice for 'the
new general market'
BB&T appoints banking veteran Cynthia Williams to
lead branding, advertising
Speakers named for Power of Urban Radio-NABOB forum Sept.
22nd
Hilton hotel chain names Jon Munoz director of
global diversity and inclusion
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 4 - 10 BET finds a summer winner as
return of 'Sunday Best' takes top spots
National Bankers Assoc. launches campaign in push
for black consumers
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 4 - 10 CBS returns as Top 24 leader after NBC
loses 'The Voice;' ABC takes No.1
UNCF partners with BET to produce annual special,
'An Evening of Stars'
Bounce TV to launch Sept. 26th, says Martin Luther
King III and Andrew Young
TheGrio.com and NewsOne.com form partnership on
content, advertising sales
Chevrolet celebrates King Memorial with 'Table of
Brotherhood Project' tour, ads
Toyota launches campaign to market new RAV4 to
African-American consumers
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of June 27 - July 3
Young black viewers make Disney most watched cable network
NAACP issues criticism of CNN's lack of
African-Americans in new lineup
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 27 - July 3 Summer
TV viewing in black homes continues to fall - except for talent shows
JPMorgan Chase investment unit buys stake in Johnson
Publishing
AT&T, One Solution team up on campaign to inspire
achievement
Time Warner Cable picks winners to host African
American talk show
NNPA conference puts issue of advertising in Black
Press up front
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 20 - 26 BET
Awards set an audience record with 7 million black viewers
JUNE 2011
Essence Music festival hitting right notes for cable
networks
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 20 - 26 TV viewing
for Top 25 shows in black households way behind cable's audience
Sanders\Wingo named AOR for Midwest's largest gas
and convenience chain
Black Heritage Network expects seven million
subscribers by December launch
BET Awards 2011 was biggest in channel's history
with 7.7 million watching
Eight new African American research studies to be
unveiled at MAAX Summit
Steed Media, American Airlines team up on
BlackAtlas.com interactive effort
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 13 - 19 Summer
arrives and black TV viewers abandon repeats of favorite shows
BET Networks names Vicky Free Executive Vice
President of Marketing
comScore ranks Interactive One's sites as having 4.3
million unique visitors a month
Byron Allen to launch new HD channel targeted to
African-Americans
Study: Blacks more likely than whites to support
causes and social issues online
Nielsen: Blacks watching more video on mobile phones
than any other group
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 6 - 12 Early
summer viewing on cable leans towards reality and comedy favorites
BET Networks to air exclusive coverage of First Lady
Michelle Obama's Africa trip
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 6 - 12 Black
viewership of NBA Finals' deciding match-up slightly smaller than last year
Madison Ave. Initiative announces launch of programs
promoting diversity
TV One adds nearly half million new households new
distribution deals
Gwen Robinson joins IMAGES USA as director of public
relations
Interactive One, Southwest Airlines, T.G.I. Fridays
partner for Black Music Month
Four A's Media Policy Committee meets with
broadcasters on 'No Urban Dictates'
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 23 - June 6 NBA
Finals return ABC to dominance among black TV viewers
OwensMorris Communications expands practice as Merge
Consumer Marketing
Black Enterprise magazine names Burrell ad agency of
the year
AOL names Lateef Sarnor head advertising strategy
for BlackVoices.com
NAMD honors Prime Access CEO Howard Buford with Moss
Kendrix Award
MAY 2011
Oprah leaves daytime airwaves with the largest
audience in show's history
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 16 - 22 ABC's
'Dancing' gives network big sway with black viewers during month of May
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 16 - 22
Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat playoff series topped black cable viewing
New BET research study unveils African-Americans'
movie-going preferences
Tom Joyner's HBCUsOnline.com adds FAMU and Tennessee
State as partners
Earvin 'Magic' Johnson reportedly making moves on
Inner City Broadcasting
Veteran marketer Mike Jackson and R&R Partners form
Jackson & Partners LLC
Wonya Lucas, veteran cable exec, named as president
and CEO of TV One
Pittsburgh will again have a fulltime urban radio
station after two-year absence
Applications being accepted by Comcast for minority
business start-ups program
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 9 - 15 ABC sweeps
top spots among TV chart in week without the NBA playoffs
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 9 - 15
Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks attract 4.6 mil black viewers in record-setting
game
Lenny Kravitz debuts new music in GlobalHue's 2011
Jeep commercial
Lee Dunham, pioneering McDonald's owner/operator,
dies at age 78
Essence president Michelle Ebanks adds title of
president of People en Espanol
Radio One reported first quarter revenue growth of
10% to $65 million
BET signs exclusive partnership deal with producers
of 'The Game'
Real Times Media and 100 Black Men of America to
collaborate on publication
TV One President and CEO, Johnathan Rodgers, to
retire at the end of July
Ford says 2010 goal was exceeded for spending with
minorities, women
Burrell adds four senior executives after
assignments from Comcast, SuperValu
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Apr. 25 - May 1
Black viewing for the NBA playoff slightly off for the same period last year
Bounce TV gets agreement to be carried in 26 markets by Raycom Media stations
NNPA papers to distribute stories from Maynard Institute's America's Wire
Food industry veteran Michael B. Moore named President, CEO of Glory Foods
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 25 - May 1 Black viewers tuned to TV news for
Obama's bin Laden announcement
ThinkAfricaPress.com offers news and analysis of African continent
Sheila C. Johnson and Derek Murphy named to AOL Huffington Post positions
ThinkAfricaPress.com offers news and analysis of African continent
TV One expands west coast sales office, names Seeta Zieger as Vice President
Merry Green appointed Associate Publisher for 'Who's Who In Black Chicago'
Herbert Temple, longtime art director for Ebony and Jet magazines, dies at 91
APRIL 2011
TBS cancels Tyler Perry's 'House of Payne,' picks up new series 'For Better or
Worse'
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 18 - 24 NBA playoff basketball draws
record viewing by black households to cable TV
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 18 - 24 ABC stays on top as it continues to
grow in appeal with black TV audiences
Veteran marketing executive Laurel Richie named president of WNBA
Polk: Growth of black car buying market 10 times
greater than general market
Noir Media Group forms alliance to launch NOIRwoman
Ad Network
Attorneys general in 17 states urge an end to malt
liquor endorsed by Snoop Dogg
BET to debut more scripted shows following the
success of 'The Game'
Soul Train, Spotset partner on radio vignettes
marking show's 40 years
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 11 - 17 NBA
Playoffs on TNT, ESPN take over cable viewing in black households
Essence releases results from study on black women's
attitudes on beauty
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 11 - 17 'Dancing'
remains most popular show on Top 25 chart, but CBS leads networks
Dante Lee opens office in Philippines for newly
launched Web venture
JPC names Mitzi Miller Editor in Chief of JET as
magazine marks 60th year
Radio One expects Q1 revenue to increase by 10.9% to
$65.4 million
Comcast names Maria Arias as Executive Director of
Diversity and Inclusion
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 4 - 10
Following season finale of 'The Game,' BET remains most watched cable network
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 4 - 10 NCAA
Championship leads CBS' takeover of TV's Top 25 in black homes
Real Men Charities partners with Tyler Perry on 'Madea'
promotional tie-in
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 4 - 10 NCAA
Championship leads CBS' takeover of TV's Top 25 in black homes
Real Men Charities partners with Tyler Perry on 'Madea'
promotional tie-in
Ford rolls out 'Inner Child' print, TV and radio
campaign from UniWorld Group
Philadelphia Tribune digitally archiving extensive
photo archive for public access
Carol H. Williams to remain agency for Army's
African-American advertising
Toya is back on BET with 'A Family Affair' reality
show debuting April 12
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Mar. 28 - Apr. 3
BET rides season finale of 'The Game' to Top 25 domination with marathon
'Black Dynamite' animated series to come to Adult
Swim channel next year
Black TV Ratings for Week of Mar. 28 - Apr. 3
'Dancing,' Obama speech push ABC within striking distance of CBS's lead
NAACP, Wells Fargo open Financial Freedom Center to
help ethnic consumers
Johnson Products signs NBA's Carmelo Anthony as
spokesman for men's line
Carter Broadcasting introduces mobile apps for KPRS-FM
and KPRT-AM
Nielsen study: African-Americans log the most hours
on TV, video games, DVDs
Radio One names Urban League exec Eddie Harrell
Columbus VP and GM
Comcast accepting proposals for African-American
independent cable channels
New black digital TV channel planned by Andrew Young
and Martin King III
New York City to challenge Census results; Says
black population in error
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 21 - 27
'The Game' leads BET's sweeps of top spots on the chart of cable favorites
MARCH 2011
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 21 - 27 Black
households deliver big win to CBS for NCAA's Sweet 16, Elite 8
Sprite moves beyond controversy and brings back its
Step Off competition
Amtrak unveils multicultural programs for National
Train Day observance in May
Coca-Cola investing $6 million for safe water
projects throughout Africa
Verizon adds BET HD to FiOS TV channel lineup in
more markets
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 14 - 20
NCAA's multi-channel format fails to attract big black audience for single game
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 14 - 20 'March
Madness' early games fail to make Top 25 of most popular shows
NAACP responds to Black Press' criticism of Image
Awards campaign
FCC introduces procedures, oversight to eliminate
'no urban dictates'
Comcast and NBCUniversal announce external diversity
advisory council
The Gap looking to younger blacks and Hispanics to
lure new customers
Nelson Mandela's 46664 organization to establish
apparel line for revenues
Radio One updates its guidance on Q2 revenues with a
positive outlook
Ford debuts 'Crazy Explorer Giveaway' with Tom
Joyner's Fantastic Voyage
Burger King's black advertising in limbo with
Crispin Porter & Bogusky firing
GM names Brooke Ellis to newly created position of
Diversity Media Manager
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 7 - 13 BET
favorites and the NBA dominate the Top 25 cable chart
NNPA chairman criticizes Toyota ad policy for
ignoring black press
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 7 - 13 'Criminal
Minds: Suspect Behavior' moves up again on Top 25
Study: Black consumers' usage of online, mobile
TV platforms outpaces whites'
The Washington Informer wins three first-place
Ethnic Media Awards honors
Janet Rolle named EVP and Chief Marketing Officer
for CNN Worldwide
Black papers criticize NAACP for being excluded in
Image Awards marketing
Trymaine Lee first African-American hired following
AOL/HuffPost partnership
Tracey Jennings named VP, Global Director for Liquid
Soul Media agency
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Feb. 28 - Mar. 6
VH1 posts strong showing on the Top 25; BET is week's No.1 cable network
Black TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 28 - March 6 NAACP
Image Awards drops a half million black viewers from last year
Comcast names Burrell Communications
African-American agency of record
Herb Kemp, veteran advertising and marketing
executive, dies at 69
Time Warner launches 'Born to Shine' talk show,
marketing campaign
Cable's GMC and ABFF offer Faith and Family
Screenplay Competition
Constance C.R. White named Editor-in-Chief of
Essence magazine
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 21 - 27 BET
regains the No.1 spot on the Top 25 cable chart with 'The Game'
Jeff Palmer, veteran marketing executive and CMO of
Motel 6, dies at 63
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 21 - 27 Black
audience for the Oscars dropped to nearly half of last year's viewers
Global Advertising Strategies agency names Ola Kudu
its Creative Director
Fannie Mae study: Blacks the most optimistic group
on home ownership
FEBRUARY 2011
Interactive One names Global Grind's Navarrow Wright
Chief Technology Officer
GMC posts record-setting ratings for last year for
gospel-oriented entertainment
UPTOWN Professional debuts in March as quarterly
magazine and Web site
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 14 - 20 Debut
of 'Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior' a favorite with black viewers
Walgreens showcases products from black-owned
businesses during February
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 7 - 13 Grammy
Awards tops most watched shows, but draws less than in 2010
JPC names Stephen Gregory Barr Group Publisher, SVP
of EBONY and JET
The AFRO-American Newspapers partners with Google on
digitizing archive
Magic Johnson's investment makes him part-owner and
chairman of Vibe Holdings
GMC promotes Ty Johnson to Vice President,
Multicultural Sales
Maya Angelou offers her first public radio show
during Black History Month
Black TV Ratings for Week of January 24 - 30
'American Idol' and Pro Bowl football give Fox the trifecta in black households
Study: African-Americans likely next big opportunity
for smartphone makers
LAGRANT Foundation awarding $125,000 in marketing
and PR scholarships
JANUARY 2011
Cafe Mocha radio show marks its first anniversary by
adding NY's WBLS
Macy's announces development program for
minority-owned retail businesses
AURN promotes Howard Eisen to President of Network
Sales
The Loop 21 names Ken Gibbs COO and Executive Editor
and other senior posts
Target promotes Laysha Ward to executive committee
Huffington Post partners with Sheila Johnson on
African-American section
Minority supplier council uses billboards to blast
Conn. Lottery advertising policy
Bryan Monroe, former Ebony VP, named editor of
CNNPolitics.com
Flowers Communications promotes Rashada Whitehead to
President
Yoplait campaign encourages healthier lifestyles for
African-American women
Tom Joyner partners with PreCash, Bancorp Bank to
offer the REACH Card
Marquis Miller named Vice President by Minority
Supplier Development Council
Time Warner gives stipend to research project on
blacks and broadband
Sprint launches 4G smartphone film competition
targeting black students
Broadband use and multiplatform TV viewing increase
among ethnic segments
Star Jones joins UPTOWN Magazine as Editor-At-Large
DECEMBER 2010
AURN announces partnership to represent SupeRadio
EBONY Magazine appoints Darhil Crooks creative
director
IMAGES USA selected as African-American advertising
agency for KFC
Katz Media president Stu Olds, supporter of Urban
radio, dies at the age of 60
GoBlackbook.com combines needs of black
professionals and social networking
Universal Pictures names Talitha Watkins, Fabian
Castro VP Multicultural Marketing
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine
launches Websites
NOVEMBER 2010
Minority, civil rights groups back Rep. Rush for top
Dem on subcommittee
Future growth in the digital population expected to
come from minorities
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 8 - 14
'Detroit 1-8-7' gives ABC most watch network title but is still being canceled
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 8 - 14 Cable
viewing among black households continues to show strong growth
Columbia College president issues statement on
purchase of JPC building
Johnson Publishing Co. to sell its iconic
headquarters to Columbia College
Johnson Publishing Co. names Judene Walden Vice
President of Integrated Sales
Wells Fargo, Rainbow PUSH launch financial education
program
Lawsuit charges tobacco companies targeted
African-Americans decades ago
UPTOWN magazine increases local coverage, frequency
and rate base
ANA Conference: Marketers favoring cross-cultural
idea vs. single ethnic focus
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 1 - 7
BET's 'Black Girls Rock' takes out Bravo's 'Real Housewives' in big week for
cable
GM appoints Eric Peterson to additional position of
Vice President for Diversity
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 1 - 7
NBC throws in the towel on spy drama 'Undercovers' after Dec. 1
Real Men Cook hires agency collective led by E.
Britton Group, Kizart Media Partners
Essence promotes Antoinette Mabry to Senior Director
of Marketing
Angela Burt-Murray leaving editor's post at Essence
magazine after five years
Lagrant Comm hires two for Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation account
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 25 - 31 CBS
maintains its title as week's most watched network, NBC falls to third
P&G's 'My Black Is Beautiful' TV series returning to
BET on November 7th
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 25 - 31 TBS
and Tyler Perry outscore the return of basketball on ESPN and TNT
Veteran journalist Hazel Trice Edney launching black
news wire service
New 'Buying Power' report: Black consumers spend as
economy grows 11-1-10
Tom Burrell adopts best-selling book, 'Brainwashed,'
into online quiz 11-1-10
OCTOBER 2010
AT&T receives top honor from National Minority
Supplier Development Council
TV One presents special one-hour interview with
Michelle Obama tonight
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 18 - 24
Baseball meets the Browns and TBS scores as week's most watched network
Maynard Institute launches new wire service with
stories on structural racism
Toyota's Green Initiative to promote sustainability
at black colleges
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 18 - 24 NBC
continues to give CBS competition; 'Undercovers' gains viewers
Stacey Simmons joins Carol H. Williams Advertising
as account director
TV One's 2009-10 season the highest in network's
six-year history
BET 'goes pink' in support of National Breast cancer
Awareness Month
Rainbow PUSH hosts symposium on telecommunications,
international affairs
Suzuki uses MySpace to grab interest from black,
Hispanic men to sportsbike
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 11 - 17 BET
repeats as most watched cable network thanks to Hip-Hop Awards
Lincoln MKX Crossover targets black women in new
UniWorld ad campaign
TV One gets first scripted series in deal with
veteran producer Bentley Kyle Evans
Contasia Placide joins Carol H. Williams Advertising
as senior account executive
Johnson Publishing marks EBONY's 65th anniversary
with November iPad edition
Nielsen Vice Chair Susan Whiting adds title of Chief
Diversity Officer
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of October 4 - 10
Title of most watched network swings to BET with baseball on TBS
Essence promotes Karen Williams to Vice President,
Sales and Marketing
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 4 - 10 Most
watched TV network in black homes see-saws between CBS, NBC
Burrell Communications embraces technology to
automate media buying
White House hosts summit for black Web sites,
bloggers in African American push
Carol H. Williams promotes Traci Sussholz to VP,
Account Director
TV One reality show, 'K-Ci and JoJo Come Clean,'
follows R&B duo's rehab
Marc Lamont Hill debuts as host of 'Our World with
Black Enterprise'
Tamron Hall hosting afternoon political show on
MSNBC starting today
Arbitron's Oveda Brown honored by American Urban
Radio Networks
The Pert Group names Alex Camacho senior consultant,
multicultural services
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Sept. 27 - Oct. 2
TBS retakes the lead from Nickelodeon as the most viewed cable network
Black media come together in a 'Deciding Moment' for
HIV/AIDS awareness
Black TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3
'Undercovers' lead-in makes NBC the week's most watched TV network
BET Networks' 2009-10 record-setting season was the
best in its history
Macy's finds success with African-Americans by
focusing on local tastes
Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores to market Smokey
Robinson CD
Diageo produces it own reality series on BET to tap
growing ethnic markets
MassMutual enhances its outreach to African-American
consumers
Colgate markets ProClinical toothpaste line through
African-American hair salons
Radio One names Chris Wegmann and Alan Leinwand to
Washington, DC market
SEPTEMBER 2010
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 20 - 26
Nick-At-Nite becomes most watched cable network with 2-hour black program block
Real Times to publish 'Driven' highlighting
African-Americans in the auto industry
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 20 - 26
'Undercovers' and 'The Event' give NBC two more Top 25 competitors
TV One to begin airing 'Judge Karen's Court'
weeknights starting Oct. 4th
UPTOWN Magazine launches ad supported city guides
iPhone app
American Legacy magazine celebrates its 15th
anniversary
GlobalHue realigns leadership with Don Coleman as
general manager
Tavis Smiley, Cornel West join forces for new public
radio show starting Oct. 1
Cadillac names Carol H. Williams as its
African-American agency
Chevrolet selects Spike DDB as African-American
agency of record
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 13 - 19
'Monday Night Football' barely takes No.1 spot of week's favorite cable shows
Report: The net represents 32% of daily media
exposure for African-Americans
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 13 - 19 CBS
regains week's most watched network title as new TV season begins
Research on lower-income ethnic shoppers shows $115
Billion opportunity
Sharpton forms media firm, launches Sunday show
focused on education
Democrats to spend $2 million to reach black voters
for mid-term elections
Chrysler Group LLC draws 1,500 to its 11th annual
minority supplier event
Arbitron: Blacks increased their listening of Urban
Adult Contemporary format
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 6 - 12
'Meet the Browns' holds on to most- watched title as fall season begins
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 6 - 12 The
season debut of NFL football frenzy dominates Top 25 TV viewing
Honorees are announced for the 2010 ADCOLOR Awards
Don Jackson's Central City Productions celebrates 40
years of success in TV
Former BET exec Curtis Symonds to debut sports
oriented HBCU Network
VOX Global appoints former White House Communicator
Corey Ealons to SVP post
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Aug. 30-Sept. 5
Will cable networks find a way to increase black audiences in the fall season?
Radio One to celebrate its 30th anniversary with 30
Days of Giving
Rep. Ed Towns and Madison Avenue Initiative to host
CBC ad industry forum
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 30 - Sept. 5 For
summer's last week, black viewers leave TV behind and head outdoors
Nielsen: African-Americans still nation's largest
ethnic television audience
Rainbow PUSH to host 11th Annual Automotive Summit
Sept. 29th in Detroit
Purdue Univ. gets $1.5 million to create
African-American heart info materials
NAMIC announces winners of 2010 multicultural
marketing awards
Transitions Optical focuses multicultural marketing
effort on black community
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 23 - 29
Meet The Browns the only cable show drawing black viewers in the millions
BET's 'Changing Lanes' brings the reality of NASCAR
racing to black audiences
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 23 - 29 With no
black nominations, African-American TV viewers shun Emmys
Carol H. Williams receives honor from U.S. Dept. of
Commerce
AUGUST 2010
Former GlobalHue president establishes
StrategicSense consulting firm
Lagrant Communications to mark 20th anniversary with
series of service projects
Nielsen: African-Americans talk, text more on
cellphones than any ethnic group
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 16 - 22
TBS comes out of the summer with growing popularity for Meet The Browns
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 16 - 22 Will it
take black audiences to save the NFL on TV this season?
Black Enterprise magazine launches iPad edition with
Toyota as sponsor
Veteran CBS News correspondent Harold Dow dies
apparently of asthma attack
Burger King to raise ad spending on black consumers
after cutting black agency
Steed Media Group debuts "Producer 10" highlighting
successful black males
AAF announces 2010 Diversity Achievement and Mosaic
Awards winners
Arbitron sponsors ANA Multicultural Awards; Deadline
for entries is August 30
Provision by Maxine Waters in financial reform law
creates inclusion for minorities
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 9 - 15 TNT
finds traction with black audiences with Hawthorne and Memphis Beat
Burger King extends consolidation of agency
assignments to ethnic accounts
OwensMorris agency names Kenny Johnson VP Branded
Events
'Live From The Essence Music Festival' to premiere
Aug. 29 on TV One
Yankelovich, Burrell release multicultural study
showing economy's impact
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 2 - 8 TBS
adds Tyler Perry movie and draws more black viewers than any network
Desiree Rogers named CEO of Johnson Publishing
Company
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 2- 8 The return of
football kicks NBC to No.1 position on the Top 25
Ross Love, one of radio's largest black owners and
former P&G vp, dies
Syd Small, a pioneering owner in radio broadcasting, dies
unexpectedly at 72
Mary J. Blige breaks sales record with pitch for her
My Life fragrance on HSN
New Ford African-American Web campaign taps announcer
James Brown
Tracey Cooper to oversee news section of BET.com
following staff layoffs
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of July 26 - Aug. 1 Cable
TV regains black viewers as it continues to battle broadcast re-runs
Safeway names Jonathan Mayes SVP of Government
Relations, Public Affairs
General Mills expands its Feeding Dreams programs to
honor heroes in 10 markets
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 26 - Aug. 1 CBS
takes three spots on Top 25 chart of black households TV favorites
Kimberly Hulsey named Senior VP for distribution,
strategy for TV One
Louisiana launches new iPhone app for its African
American heritage trail
JULY 2010
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 19 - 25
Disney challenges TBS for most cable viewers during summer or re-runs
Washington Informer marks Urban League 100th year
with publication
Time Warner Cable adds TV One channel to roster in
Rochester, NY
Vickie Burns is named Vice President, News at KNBC
in Los Angeles
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 19 - 25 ABC's
20/20 takes No.1 ranking among TV shows in black households
Bob Johnson urges dialogue and reforms on growing
black/white wealth gap
The 10th Power of Urban Radio Forum to feature top
corporate marketing CEOs
Ariel survey: Blacks more optimistic about economy
and stocks as best investment
Clear Channel donates two more stations to MMTC
minority ownership initiative
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 12 - 18 TBS'
comedies draw the largest black audience of any regular programming
Census: Black-owned businesses growing faster than
any other group
FCC Commissioners urge minority entrepreneurs to
focus on new media
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 12 - 18 CBS
continues to benefit from popularity of its line-up during re-run season
Ebony Magazine, Univ. of Chicago to host live
webcast roundtable on education
BET Networks names Robi Reed VP of Talent and
Casting, Original Programming
Interactive One, Urban Professionals host Digital
Summit in New York July 21
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 5 - 11
Lebron James gets 3 million black viewers to watch his 'Decision' on ESPN
Walton Isaacson ad agency receives Silver Telly
Award for Lexus campaign
Hispanic agency Marketvision develops
African-American marketing division
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 5 - 11 CBS
continues to benefit from popularity of its line-up during re-run season
Jesse Jackson calls on Comcast-NBCU to increase ad
spending with black media
Anne Sempowski Ward resigns as President, COO of
Johnson Publishing
McDonald's ties black, Hispanic culture to its
marketing efforts
Comcast-NBCU pledges to add eight black, Hispanic
independent networks
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of June 28 - July 4
Cable finds viewers wandering, sampling for summer relief in unseen shows
The Washington Informer takes top honors for general
excellence at NNPA
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 28 - July 4 Heat,
summer reruns have black viewers channel surfing for something new
Vibe Magazine names Jeff Mazzacano Publisher &
Integrated Sales Director
PUSH to address advertising, media issues with
Marketing & Media Project
Interactive One names Mike Rich Chief Product &
Operating Officer
Pew Study: Blacks are far more upbeat about economy
improving than whites
TV One's new reality grows by mixing originals with
off new sitcoms
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 21 - 27 BET
Awards is week's No.1 cable show for black and white viewers
Comcast, NBC-Universal sign diversity agreement with
Hispanic groups
Henry Watkins, former TV One VP, named publisher
UPTOWN Magazine
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 21 - 27 CBS' 'The
Mentalist' goes from the bottom to No.1 on the Top 25
JUNE 2010
Join the industry elite at the 2010 MAAX Summit and
Awards dinner
Nashville is first AAF chapter to present Mosaic
Awards on the local level
Arbitron's Alton Adams, top black executive, is out
in management shuffle
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 13 - 20 'Are
We There Yet?' stays in the top three of most watched cable shows
Connie Frazier promoted to COO of American Advertising
Federation
American Legacy, Bayer Aspirin partner on annual
Multicultural Healthcare Awards
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 14 - 20 Nearly
eight million black viewers watched Lakers, Celtics in NBA Finals
BET Networks President Scott Mills reflects on 30
years of change
Radio One makes financial moves to take 56%
ownership of TV One stock
David Presher named VP and GM of Radio One's
Columbus, Ohio stations
Orlando Magic hires Circulation Experti, Act-e for
multicultural marketing initiative
BET Networks partners with AOL on Fandemonium Award
at 2010 BET Awards
Essence advertising rebound may signal coming upward
trend for black magazines
PPM's arrival in Columbus, Ohio has urban radio
stations and listeners worried
Monique Kersey-Love named editor of
BlackTalentNews.com
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 7 - 13
Shifting cable viewing patterns continue with advent of summer shows
KFC unveils plans to increase targeted ad dollars
and diversity at PUSH conference
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 7 - 13 NBA Finals'
black record-setting audience still at 30% and growing
L.A. Sentinel publisher, Bakewell Media, reaches
terms to buy L.A. Watts Times
Andrew Langston, founder and CEO of Rochester, NY
station WDKX, dies at 83
Tom Joyner extends his listener reach in Chicago
with addition of POWER 92 FM
Tom Burrell, ad pioneer, launches national campaign
backing black artists
BMW partners with Jamie Foxx's FoxxHole satellite
radio channel
Tri-State Defender newspaper and WMC-TV Action News
5 announce partnership
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of May 31 - June 6
NBA games off cable gives Nickelodeon opening with black viewers
Maynard Institute gets $1 million to improve media
coverage of racism
Michael Jack named President and General Manager at
New York's WNBC-TV
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 31 - June 6 NBA
Finals draw record-setting black audience in prime time for ABC network
Bob Ellison, first black to head White House
reporters' association, dies at 67
Amy Barnett shares her plans to bring Ebony to
multiple media platforms
Comcast/NBCU merger gets pounded, praised at House
Judiciary hearing
Despite void in black ownership, many black leaders
defend Comcast merger
Comcast/NBCU commit to adding networks with minority
backers
Ford launches 2011 Fiesta in urban markets with
debut spot on BET
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 24 - 30
Six-game NBA Conference finals series captures less audience than year ago
TV One's 'The Ultimate Merger' starring Omarosa to
premiere June 17th
JPC's Linda Johnson Rice hires new top editor for
Ebony, denies talk of sale
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 24 - 30 Black
viewers give 'American Idol' a lift for season finale to No.2 on Top 25
Johnson Publishing names Amy DuBois Barnett
Editor-in-Chief of Ebony Magazine
ACE Media, Burrell bring together TBS, Toyota on
'Are We There Yet?' comedy
Coca-Cola Foodservice & On-Premise names Scott Young
Senior VP
MAY 2010
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 17 - 23 NBA
Playoffs semi finals draw black viewers back to the games on cable
HBCULove.com being launched to take social
networking to its logical next step
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 17 - 23 'American
Idol' falls below top 10 as black household share drops
Arbitron retains Kizart Media Partners in urban
radio advertising effort
Obama issues memo calling for more Federal
contracting with small businesses
NNPA to mark 70th anniversary June 16-19 in New
York, birth place of Black Press
GlobalHue uses You Tube to market the diversity of
the agency's staff
Study says wealth gap between blacks, whites has
quadrupled since mid 1980s
Joset Wright named president of National Minority
Supplier Development Council
TV One's digital unit launches its first Web-based
series, 'The Cube Life'
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 10 - 16 NBA
Playoffs ratings drop in second round as teams overwhelm opponents
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 10 - 16 ABC hangs
on to lead created by NBA Playoffs to trump Fox in black homes
Chrysler shifts Jeep launch assignment from
GlobalHue to Wieden + Kennedy
ESSENCE to debut Hot Hair special mag in October
with companion Web section
Radio One reports improved station income, operating
income for first quarter
Ad designer Art Sims to be recognized by AIGA
National Design Center May 19th
Study: Atlanta overtakes Chicago as second largest
black metropolitan area
Award-winning journalist Bob Meadows joins ESSENCE
as Deputy Editor
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 3 - 9 NBA
Playoffs get ratings winners at beginning of second round
The Africa Channel announces it will be available in
HD beginning August
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 3 - 9 NBA Playoffs
give ABC rare win as most watched network in black homes
TheLoop21.com economic survey finds jobs security is
top priority in recovery
BET's Chief Financial Officer tells how the network
turns ratings into revenue
FCC's Clyburn sees new opportunity for minority
content creators in broadband
Steed Media brings integrated marketing approach to
Verizon Wireless' gospel tour
JPC launches MyJET247.com as new digital experience
for JET brand
TV One announces new and returning series for Fall
2010 lineup
Corynne Corbett named new ESSENCE magazine beauty
director
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Apr. 25 - May 2
First round of NBA Playoffs slam dunk Top 25 black cable viewing
TV One to air two-hour interview with Minister Louis
Farrakhan on Sun., May 9
GM removes Susan Docherty as VP of marketing after
dropping black agencies
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 26 - May 2 CBS
regains most watched network status over Fox in black households
Miriam Muley joins The Vox Collective as Vice
President of Client Services
Nielsen unveils new microsites targeting Black,
Hispanic and Asian communities
FCC Commissioners offer comment on Arbitron/PPM
Coalition agreement
Services for pioneering reporter Evelyn Cunningham
set for May 4 in New York
Call for entries issued for the American Ad
Federation's 2010 Mosaic Awards
APRIL
2010
BET Networks seeking candidates for Sr. Director of
Corporate Market Research
P&G's 'My Black Is Beautiful' TV series returns to
BET Networks May 2
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 19 - 25
Black viewers’ love of NBA Playoffs gives TNT reign over Top 25 cable chart
GlobalHue ranked No.1 African-American advertising
agency by Advertising Age
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 19 - 25 CBS
narrowly loses top network title to Fox for second consecutive week
JONES Magazine launches nationally with a make over
of JonesMag.com site
Cyrus Mehri discusses his work on ending
discrimination on Madison Ave.
Sahara Media details growth, reveals social media
plans for Honeymag.com
Christina Crawford named vice president of Flowers
Communications Group
Wells Fargo signs on as presenting sponsor for Mocha
Moms conferences
PPM Coalition settles its dispute with Arbitron
after agreement on methodology
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 12 - 18
BET's 'Spring Bling' captures big audience in back-to-back schedule
Over-indexing by black consumers is missed learning
opportunity for marketers
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 12 - 18 Fox
overtakes CBS as most-watched network in black households
Automakers cite recession as cause for cuts in
ethnic marketing efforts
Dorothy Height, champion for rights of
African-Americans and women, dies at 98
GM, minority dealers team up to bring test drive
opportunity to Detroit church goers
BET submits proposal to NTIA to expand
African-American broadband access
Ford rolls out African-American campaign for Fiesta
driving towards BET Awards
Benjamin Hooks, first black commissioner of FCC and
NAACP leader, dies at 85
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 5 - 11 VH1
ends long drought on the Top 25 with three reality show winners
ESSENCE kicks off 40th anniversary year with strong
growth for magazine, Web site
'LisaRaye: The Real McCoy' debuts as TV One's
highest rated original show
Black TV Ratings for Week of April 5 - 11 Black men
show up to give CBS' NCAA final 3 million additional viewers
UPTOWN Magazine expands distribution into Detroit
and Philadelphia markets
Home Depot's selection of ethnic ad agencies draws
criticism and concerns
Lenora "Doll" Carter, publisher of Houston Forward
Times dies at 69
Larry Woodard leaves Publicis Groupe's Vigilante ad
agency for his own shop
J. Bruce Llewellyn, trailblazer for blacks in
broadcasting and business, is dead at 82
NAACP drops Wells Fargo suit following agreement on
new lending principles
Radio One names Shawneen C. Thompson St. Louis
Station Manager
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Mar. 29 - Apr. 4
BET gains viewers for shows on the Top 25, narrowing the gap with TBS
Rainbow PUSH, Rev. Jesse Jackson seek economic
reciprocity with KFC
Marketers told ideas about Black Gen Y consumers
need update
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 29 - April 4 It's
back to viewing as usual as NCAA reaches the Final Four
Nielsen launches ad campaign targeting Black,
Hispanic and Asian consumers
TheLoop21.com, AKA Sorority to conduct economic
survey of Black America
Marketers told don't wait on Census, U.S.
demographics have already changed
Tom Joyner Morning Show launches 14-city Census tour
to encourage returns
Sanders\Wingo named agency partner for cult favorite
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
DECISIVE Magazine debuts new consumer info
multimedia platform
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 22 - 28
Tyler Perry, master promoter, dominates Top 25 black cable viewing
Diann Burns to host second season of Chicago Urban
League's nextTV series
MARCH 2010
Digital study: African-Americans more likely to
watch video on mobile devices
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 22 - 28 Black
viewers make road to NCAA's Final Four a ratings winner for CBS
Survey: African-Americans more optimistic than
whites on financial status
BET's Debra Lee talks about her leadership lessons
and management style
The Wendy Williams show picked up for another season
with more markets
AP & Associates finds success as a black ad agency
in Scottsdale Arizona
Commonground Marketing debuts new Miller Lite spot
during NCAA games
Chicago Urban League to hold its First Annual Spring
Summit April 8th
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 15 - 21 TNT
borrows a Tyler Perry page from TBS and lands No.1 show on Top 25
Tom Joyner Morning Show crew takes spring vacation
by lending a hand in Haiti
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 15 - 21 More NCAA
'March Madness' gives CBS greater dominance in black homes
America's Minority Health Network names Shaneeka
James President, CEO
Black Chamber files lawsuit against Florida governor
in Census ad contracts
David Brown, Philly ad agency owner, named VP,
general manager of WURD
Captivate Marketing Group acquires Chicago rights to
Real Men Cook event
New book looks at targeting of affluent African
American consumer market
Reality show to chronicle life of 'Jones' publisher
and magazine's expansion
American Minority Health Network announces changes
in executive officers
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 8 - 14
Without the NBA, TNT hangs on to black viewers with movie offerings
Mikki Taylor, Essence Beauty & Creative Director,
retires after 30 years
Steed Media launches Creative Urban Studio unit to
produce spots for Gillette
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 8 - 14 The Good
Wife breaks up Idol's dominance of Top 25 black programs
BET's Debra Lee seeks to improve black women's
images with leadership talks
E3thos.com to stream 2010 NCAA Basketball
Tournament.
Black Press Week forum to cover issues, honor
history of black newspapers
New date for Radio One annual conference call for
investors is March 31
Nielsen: Drop in black, Hispanic media advertising
in '09 less than overall market
Black lawmakers grill U.S. Census Bureau over ad
spending in black media
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of March 1 - 7 In a
week of less cable viewing, TBS attracts its usual loyal audience
Black TV Ratings for Week of March 1 - 7 Black
nominees, winners at The Oscars deliver all-time high audience for ABC
Moguldom Media debuts AtlantaPost.com aimed upscale
black audience
Beauty products extend reach to ethnic consumers
with green product line
BET planning for the return of Ed Gordon in a news
show and specials
Jamie Foxx, Ludacris team with CDC on black targeted
effort against HIV
Survey: Blacks' sleep patterns differ significantly
from other ethnic groups
REACH Media names Reggie Denson Vice President for
ad sales in Midwest
Paul Johnson to head Essence Midwest sales; Danielle
Brown to account director
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 22 - 28 TBS
takes its Tyler Perry juggernaut and makes it mo' better
Study from Joint Center shows higher broadband
adoption rates among blacks
Don Butler returns to GM as Cadillac's Marketing VP
in management shakeup
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 22 - 28 NBC
can't shake black viewers' loyalty to CBS, Fox with Olympics
Flowers Comm names Tony Balasandiran new media
specialist, debuts weekly blog
TV One marks sixth year by passing the 50 million
households benchmark
Hispanic advocacy groups meet with Comcast, NBCU on merger
concerns
Comcast, NBC grilled by Congress on lack of blacks
in programming and news
Tom Joyner plans for online school to cater to
historically black colleges
Radio One decides not to move its headquarters to
Washington, D.C. site
FEBRUARY 2010
Arbitron issues annual study, Black Radio Today 2009
with PPM data for first time
TV One launches on Verizon FiOS TV video on demand
service
Terrie Williams Agency, Ad Council team up on black mental
health campaign
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 15 - 21 Jill
Scott in 'Sins of the Mother' gives Lifetime million and a half black viewers
IMAGES USA, The Futures Co. debut first
multicultural millennials study
4BlackYouth.com gives students a site with comprehensive
success tools
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 15 - 21 Winter
Olympic games are must-see TV for everyone except black viewers
New weekly syndicated radio show, Cafe Mocha,
targets African American women
Magic Johnson says discussions with JPC didn't reach
'definitive agreement'
TV One high def added more than 4 million HD
households last year
Munson Steed, 'Rolling Out' publisher, named
director of Madison Ave. Initiative
Lee Moss Media signs Web ad deals with Procter &
Gamble, Census Bureau
Celeste T. Harwell named to Director of Fashion
sales post for Essence
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Feb. 8 - 14 NBA
All-Star weekend takes title of most watched for cable's Top 25
Tiger Woods makes a public apology in his first on
camera appearance
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 8 -14 Beyond
opening event, Winter Olympics get cold shoulder from black viewers
PPM Coalition disappointed by court ruling but not
deterred in Arbitron battle
Johnson Publishing Co. officials deny negotiation
talks with Magic Johnson
Coalition of 23 groups seeks action from FCC
chairman on minority telecom issues
Burger King seeks African-American basketball
players with 'Next Big Move'
Kmart invites black women to 'Share the Word'
through social media effort
New site from Amtrak highlights African-American
heritage destinations
Abe Thompson becomes Managing Principal of Captivate
Marketing
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of February 1 - 7
'Honors' captures No.1 and gives BET record-setting ratings week
BET Networks participates in First Lady Michelle
Obama's childhood obesity effort
Black TV Ratings for Week of February 1 - 7 Historic
Super Bowl XLIV pushes CBS viewership to new heights on Top 25
Former Who's Who publisher, Sunny Martin, embarks on
new business venture
Target Market News, R. L. Polk & Co. form agreement
on African-American auto data
Walgreens initiative gives recognition of black
vendor partners in February
Black TV Ratings for Week of January 25 - 31 Grammy
Awards attracted more black households than in '09, but Idol declined
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 25 - 31
Obama's first State of the Union raises CNN to Top 25 in prime time cable
BET to air critically acclaimed 'Ten9Eight' documentary
Sunday, Feb 7
JET magazine unveils new logo, features and brand
strategy
Boost Mobile debuts its first Super Bowl commercial
using a bit of sports nostalgia
AT&T debuts 28 Days campaign with Web site, events
for Black History Month
Cable industry marks Black History Month with "Black
Experience on Demand"
BET Networks will present celebrity concert and
telethon for Haiti on Feb. 5
Essence Magazine launches yearlong celebration of
its 40th anniversary
JANUARY 2010
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 18 - 24
Monday night becomes the new battleground for black cable viewers
Harris Publications to launch 'Juicy,' a celebrity
magazine for black women
Black TV Ratings for Week of January 18 - 24 Fox
network rides playoff football, 'Idol' to season's biggest ratings week
BET Networks releases comprehensive study, 'African
Americans Revealed'
Sanders\Wingo agency names Trenzio Turner Senior
Vice President and Partner
Pine Sol stumbles in addressing one stereotype and
blunders into another
Cox, Matthews introduces DiverseBooks site to market
scholarly titles
African-American newspapers added to
GenealogyBank.com's database
GlobalHue's Don Coleman expands scholarship for
aspiring entrepreneurs
FCC's minority radio and broadband workshop on Tuesday,
Jan. 26
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 11 - 17
VH1's new celebrity reality series finish strong among cable's Top 25 shows
Lexus to debut new black targeted GX commercial
during BET Honors Feb. 1
Black TV Ratings for Week of January 11 - 17 CBS
overwhelms competition with biggest week on Top 25 of the season
Macy's 'Celebrate You' theme for Black History Month
empowers consumers
Tom Burrell, ad visionary, examines the marketing of
the myth of black inferiority
Coalition of minority organizations voice concerns
with FCC on Net Neutrality
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of January 4 - 10
BET's Celebration of Gospel takes No.1 cable show with 2.5 million viewers
BlackPeopleMeet.com launches free online magazine to
help black singles
In aftermath of devastating earthquake in Haiti,
radio galvanizes support
Black TV Ratings for Week of January 4 - 10
Football, cold weather heat up black viewer ratings for all networks
Emmis files a lawsuit to keep D.L. Hughley at WRKS-FM
and end deal with his agent
R.L. Polk presents first Loyalty Awards for brands
purchased by ethnic consumers
VH1 launches new original series, "Let's Talk About
Pep," on search for Mr. Right
Don Thompson promoted to President and CEO of
McDonald's Worldwide
Pew study finds African-Americans have positive
attitude about recent progress
Burrell Communications launches new agency for 18-34
multi-ethnic males
Wesley South, pioneering Chicago radio owner and
personality, dies at 95
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Dec. 28 - Jan. 3
Cable's last week of the year produces a familiar Top 25 of favorite shows
LAGRANT Foundation to award $125,000 in scholarships
to minority students
Black TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 28 - Jan. 3 Final
week of 2009 pits CBS vs. Fox for title of most watched network
GlobalHue named new general market and multicultural
ad agency of record for Jeep
Equals Three Communications selected as agency of
record for Nutrition, Inc.
Tavis Smiley announces end of State of the Black
Union symposium series
TV One to premiere "Love That Girl!," a new sitcom
starring Tatyana Ali
Eunice Johnson, founding officer of Johnson
Publishing Co., dies at 93
Christmas holiday delivers gift of a million viewers
to CBS network
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 21 - 27
Christmas week viewing rewards Tyler Perry and The First 48
AT&T becomes second to drop Tiger Woods sponsorship
after sex scandal
DECEMBER 2009
Study: Tiger Woods scandal may have cost sponsors'
stockholders $12 billion
Boston's WGBH Radio debuts The Callie Crossley Show
on January 11
Robert Bush appointed Advertising Director of the
Philadelphia Tribune
Radio One releases results of recent annual
shareholders' meeting
Percy Sutton, trailblazer in New York politics,
media and business, dies at 89
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 14 - 20 NBA,
NFL capture viewers' interests in run-up to Christmas holiday
American Legacy Magazine looking for another
investor relationship
Black TV Ratings for Week of December 14 - 20 TV
viewing among black households cuts back as holidays approach
Black Broadcasting Network launches nationally on
Verizon FiOS TV VOD
Ford names 'Taurus Top Ten' of those who make a
difference
SBA data show Black, Hispanic businesses shut out of
stimulus loans
Debbie Allen, Magic Johnson, headline Showplace
Television's Fall 2010 lineup
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Dec. 7 - 13
Jacksons special, Heisman presentation gave usual cable favorites competition
Dale Wright, pioneering journalist, former Johnson
Publishing Co. editor, dies at 86
Black TV Ratings for Week of December 7 - 13 Obama
interviews draw big audiences, but football was still No.1 for the week
Northern Trust Global Investments selects firms for
emerging broker program
FCC fills senior staff positions, including Chief of
the Office of Workplace Diversity
BET takes reality gospel competition series 'Sunday
Best' to Lagos, Nigeria
GlobalHue awarded 'Multicultural Agency of the
Decade' by Adweek magazine
Rainbow PUSH asks FCC to again examine license
denial to broadcaster
ING announces plans to expand multicultural sales
efforts throughout U.S.
Auto industry diversity leaders to be feted at 14th
Annual Urban Wheel Awards
Nielsen: African-American TV ad spending grew 31% in
first three quarters
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6
Football, Tyler Perry comedies top cable favorites as December begins
Vibe Magazine returns Dec. 15th with dual covers of
Chris Brown and Drake
Black TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6
Football dominates the Top 25 chart; CBS remains most watched network
Comcast, National Black Caucus of State Legislators
partner on broadband push
Target Market News to launch 'Black Business
Chicago,' a monthly publication
Oxygen developing 'Russell Simmons Project' on women
who run his business
'The Tavis Smiley Report,' four hour-long specials,
to premiere next month on PBS
Equals Three Communications awarded contract for
Miami-based cultural center
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 23 -29 Soul
Train Awards gives BET No.1 cable show and network of the week
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 23 - 29
Football and 'Dancing' cap the Top 25 chart; CBS continues its dominance
Comcast reaches $30 billion agreement to buy
controlling interest of NBC from GE
GlobalHue names Brian Anderson as Executive Digital
Officer
Journalism veteran, Joel Dreyfuss, named managing
editor of theRoot.com
'Soul Train Awards' pulls four million viewers for
BET's new CENTRIC channel
Interactive One closes GIANT magazine and launches
GIANTLife.com
Burrell signs on for Arbitron's RADAR national radio
ratings service
NOVEMBER
2009
MMTC asks FCC to halt LPTV applications until
diversity hearings end
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Nov. 16 - 22 TBS
topples Monday Night Football thanks to Tyler Perry's comedies
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 16 - 22 Robin
Robert's interview with Janet Jackson draws 2 million black viewers
Chairman of House Oversight Committee calls for PPM
hearings on Dec. 2
P&G says African-American, Hispanic consumer markets
are 'on our radar'
Coca-Cola calls Black and Hispanic consumers the 'core
focus' for the future
Black Cable TV Ratings for
Week of November 9 - 15 'Monday Night Football' again takes No.1 on cable's Top
25
BET.com premieres its Web series 'BUPPIES' with
Tatyana Ali on Nov. 24th
Orpah Winfrey to sign off from her talk show in 2011
after 25 years
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 9 - 15
Football and the usual Top 25 favorites hold on to black viewers' interests
Merchandise for Disney's 'Princess and the Frog'
already a hit at stores
AMA Foundation creates award in honor of advertising
professor Jerome Williams
Adrenalina agency creates micro site to look beyond
2010 Census implications
Coors Light announces sponsorship of XXXVI State
Farm Bayou Classic teams
Sahara Media launches HoneyMag.com 2.0 with more
interactive, video features
EBONY's year-end issue celebrates its Power 150 and
launches a new look
Bill Cosby gives marketers a lesson in how to
achieve social media success
Ford Motor Co., One Solution create product
placement partnership for Taurus
American Legacy magazine reports ad sales trending
up despite economy
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of November 2 - 8
NFL, TBS return to the top of the cable chart after steady rise of BET
Donald Trump partners with TV One on new reality
starring Omarosa
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 2 - 8 Football,
Rihanna smack down World Series for attention of black TV viewers
BET.com news producer, Tracy Stokes, dies from
kidney failure at the age of 37
Black TV Ratings for Week of November 2 - 8
Football, Rihanna smack down World Series for attention of black TV viewers
11-11-09
BET.com news producer, Tracy Stokes, dies from
kidney failure at the age of 37 11-11-09
Flowers Communications promotes Ron Childs to Vice
President, Media Relations 11-10-09
Burleigh Hines, pioneer reporter for many Chicago
news outlets, dies at 77
11-10-09
McDonald's marketing chief tells ANA audience that
ethnic insights set the curve
11-9-09
National Urban League and Wells Fargo launch African
American issues initiative
11-9-09
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Oct. 26 - Nov. 1
BET wins battle with TBS to take No.1 show, most watched cable network title
11-5-09
Clear Channel Chicago forms African-American network
with stations group
11-5-09
Uptown Magazine names publishing veteran John
Rollins regional ad director
11-4-09
Black TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 26 - Nov. 1 NY vs.
Philly World Series drama gives Fox a home run with black viewers
11-4-09
National Urban League's Marc Morial to be ‘profile
partner' for 2010 Census
11-3-09
MMTC study shows minority ownership of radio
stations unchanged in two years
11-3-09
Radio One continues rebound with second consecutive
profitable quarter
11-2-09
America's Minority Health Network completes 100th video
installation 11-2-09
OCTOBER
NNPA Chairman confronts GM, Ford for lack on black
newspaper ads
Johnson Products Co. launches 'No Excuse, Stop the
Abuse' campaign
BET.com to host scripted comedy series beginning
next week
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 19 - 25 'The
Game' continues to deliver a ratings bonanza for BET
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 19 - 25
Baseball is very, very good to Fox's appeal with black viewers in big markets
Rep. Fattah urges venture capitalists to increase
investment in urban markets
Ad Council, U.S. government launch ads promoting
adoption of black children
ESSENCE named to Advertising Age A-List of top 10
magazines for 2009
Tom Joyner Foundation, Ford team up to support to
HBCUs
BET to premiere the 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards Tuesday,
Oct. 27
Pew study: African-Americans more likely to use
Twitter than any other segment
ESSENCE to hold its first Empowerment Conference in
Chicago on Oct. 30th
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Oct. 12 - 18 BET
proves it can deliver big audiences for another season of 'The Game'
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 12 - 18 TV's
winners and losers emerge as black viewing habits get locked in
BET to air original docu-series, 'The Michael Vick
Project' in 2010
Research shows marketing opportunity among
African-American new car buyers
Steve Harvey and State Farm collaborate on free
digital content campaign
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of October 5 - 11
BET takes most watched network of the week title by filling TBS void
ESSENCE.com survey of black men finds them more
optimistic in Obama era
Black TV Ratings for Week of October 5 - 11 Black
viewers never grow weary of football, and NBC is grateful
Caroline Racine promoted to director of diversity
sales for Choice Hotels
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Sept. 28 - Oct. 4
BET tightens the battle lines with TBS with big boost in Top 25 shows
Lynne d Johnson named Advertising Research
Foundation SVP, Social Media
Washington Informer newspaper celebrates its 45th
anniversary
Black TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 4
Battle for the black viewer margin tightens among the four TV networks
Arbitron honors excellence in multicultural radio at
ANA Conference
MillerCoors extends deadline for Urban Entrepreneurs
business plan competition
Former Pittsburgh TV owner purchases AM radio
station to serve black listeners
R.L. Polk announces agreement with black auto
dealers on marketing services
American Airlines launching social networking site
on sharing black culture
Greater Philadelphia Tourism launching campaign to
lure black travelers
First United Bank agreement with Justice Dept.
requires black marketing effort
HoneyMag.com announces partnership with women's
entertainment network
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of September 21 - 27
Football on ESPN takes No.1 cable show; TBS remains most watched network
FCC invites comments on MMTC's proposals to promote
diversity, localism
SEPTEMBER
2009
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 21 - 27 LL
Cool J, 'Good Wife' make black viewers return to CBS network
N.Y. station WWRL expands Caribbean programming with
12-hour Saturday block
Census preparing to blanket country with $300
million campaign
Court intervenes in sale of sole black radio station
in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Truestar Magazine's success with black teen leads to
radio venture
BET Networks debuts CENTRIC channel today, replacing
BET J
Lee Moss Media gains sponsorship from McDonald's,
Sprite for growing network
Sanford Moore, ad industry activist, injured car
accident
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 14 - 20
Football on ESPN takes No.1 cable show; TBS remains most watched net
Roland Martin debuts 'Washington Watch' on TV One
Sunday, Sept. 27
Rep. Ed Towns reveals findings from subpoenas of MRC
Arbitron documents
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 14 - 20 NFL,
Jay Leno make NBC most watched network among black viewers again
Gospel Music Channel, Ebony/Jet Entertainment team
up on promotions
Toyota prepares $1 Billion marketing blitz for
fourth quarter
Reach Media sues Clear Channel over V103's
cancellation of Tom Joyner show
TheLoop21.com names Nsenga K. Burton Managing Editor
Pepsi campaign targets African-American moms with
print, online effort
Arbitron forms task force to define metric to measure
radio's affinity with listeners
MSNBC airs 'About Our Children' with Bill Cosby on
Sun., Sept. 20th
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of Sept. 7 - 13 MTV Video
Awards takes No.1 cable show; TBS reclaims most watched title
Groups ask FCC to vacate fine against HBCU, Bethune-Cookman
University
Advertising Week hosts sessions focused on ethnic
marketing and media
Black TV Ratings for Week of September 7 - 13 NBC, NFL
team up to dominate the week's Top 25 as new TV season begins
National Urban League policy chief challenges TV's
'hateful' talk shows
CMA Publishing, NAIC partner on emerging market
investments magazine
Study: Marriage and children decline among highly
educated black women
NNPA pulls convention from South Carolina to protest Rep.
Wilson's outburst
GlobalHue gets general market creative assignment on
Jeep from Chrysler
Vigilante's Larry Woodard named to Advertising Week
Board of Directors
IMAGES USA signs contract renewal as general market
ad agency for Amtrak
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of Aug. 31 - Sept. 6
Meet the Browns repeats as No.1 cable show; TBS remains most watched net
Black TV Ratings for Week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 6 NBC's
'Dateline' takes rare No.1 spot with expose on death of Steve McNair
Burrell Communications creates targeted campaign for
American Stroke Assoc.
Danyel Smith, formerly of Vibe.com, named executive
editor of The Root.com
Tanita Myers appointed Director of Operations for
Syndication One
Illinois nonprofits launch $1.2 million campaign to
boost 2010 Census results
Farmers Insurance signs as Southwestern Athletic
Conference title sponsor
Capital One, Mercedes-Benz, Discover among 11 more firms
dumping Glen Beck
GlobalHue tapped by African-American developer for
N.Y. gaming venue pitch
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 24 - 30
Cable's growing appeal with black viewers bad news for networks
"TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music Festival"
sets record
The Media Audit report says Urban radio formats
offer value beyond ratings data
The ANA announces finalists for ninth annual
Multicultural Excellence Awards
AUGUST
2009
Who's Who Publishing Co. holds conference of
publishers to plan growth
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 17 - 23
'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' continues to challenge the 'Browns'
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 18 - 24 Fox
preseason NFL games crown the Top 25; CBS still unmatched as top net
"TV One Night Only: Live from the Essence Music
Festival" airs Sun., Aug. 30
Jermaine Hall returns to re-launched Vibe magazine
and site as Editor-in-Chief
IMAGES USA launches blog on multicultural marketing
insights
Sanders\Wingo to be honored by AAF Mosaic Awards for
AT&T ad campaigns
BET's new spin-off reality show "Frankie and Neffe"
premieres Tuesday, August 25
Rev. Jesse Jackson asks BMW to explain how "No Urban
Dictate" was issued
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 11 - 17
Cable viewing for black households continues summer growth pattern
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 11 - 17 '60
Minutes' interview with Michael Vick takes No.1 on Top 25
GlobalHue honored with 'Diverse Vendor of the Year'
award by gaming industry
Eight more companies pull advertising from Fox's
"Glen Beck" as boycott grows
Steve Harvey to be a 'Good Morning America'
contributor beginning tomorrow
Africa Channel to debut documentaries on Obama
visit, Ghanaian history this fall
NABOB wants to meet with BMW to discuss "No Urban
Dictate" e-mail
ColorOfChange.org gets big results in call for
advertisers to drop Fox's Glen Beck
Ford answers Queen Latifah's need for speed with
2010 Mustang and track time
Kathy Times Elected President of National
Association of Black Journalists
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of August 3 - 10
Shifting summer viewing habits by black households lift cable offerings
BlackPlanetRising.com offers tools for black
philanthropy, civic involvement
Vibe magazine bought by Uptown Media and InterMedia
Partners; re-launch set
Black TV Ratings for Week of August 3 - 10 NBC shows
Sunday Night Football is ready to dominate Top 25 again
BET News names Karen Saunders and Jason Samuels to
series producer posts
NAACP, MMTC seek Obama's 'leadership' in Arbitron
PPM dispute
BET Mobile names MySpace executive Brandon Lucas to
VP/GM post
Mignon Clyburn sworn in to fill fifth and final
vacancy among FCC Commissioners
Citi study shows strong saving and spending habits
by black Chicagoans
Radio One reports decline in Q2, but out-performed
industry in most markets
John Johnson School of Communications honors Ossie Davis
and Ruby Dee
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of July 27 - Aug. 2
It's all about the women as Real Housewives beat Tiny & Toya for No.1
Black and Latino broadcasters make case for
financial help from fed
AAF announces recipients of Diversity Achievement and
Mosaic Awards
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 27 - Aug. 2 NBC
uses its 'Talent' to finish No.1 again; CBS keeps lock on top net title
Naomi Sims, pioneering black woman fashion model and
cover girl, dies at 61
BET's 37% increase in viewers for July is highest for
cable entertainment networks
Bay State Banner returns to coverage of Boston
area's black community
John Henry Holoman, publisher of Los Angeles Herald
Dispatch, passes at 70
TV One plans new reality series starring actress, former
First Lady LisaRaye
General Mills to increase spending on
African-American, Hispanic programs
Illinois Attorney General sues Wells Fargo for
alleged discriminatory practices
JULY 2009
Larry Irving to join Hewlett-Packard as VP of Global
Government Affairs
AfroPop, documentary series on African Diaspora,
returns to public TV in October
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 20 - 26 BET
repeats at No.1 spot, beating CNN's 'Black in America 2'
UPTOWN Magazine marks its fifth year covering
affluent black lifestyle
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 20 - 26 'America's
Got Talent' gives NBC top spot; CBS undefeated as top network
Members of Congress request GAO study of Arbitron
People Meter accuracy
The Network Journal launches re-designed Web site
with expanded news
Pew study shows African-Americans most active users
of mobile Internet access
Marketing firm, Ibis, wins multiple honors at The
2009 Communicator Awards
Louisiana firm turns black consumer marketing effort
into college outreach
American Airlines recognizes employees with Earl G.
Graves Leadership Award
BET Networks and Grey Goose Entertainment debut
'Rising Icons' tonight
ARF seeks successful marketing case studies for new
multicultural initiative
TV One, Ford partner on HBCU Business Classic
reality show special Aug. 2
Clear Channel donates stations to Minority Media and
Telecomm Council
Wendy Williams to leave her daily radio show to
focus on TV talk program
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 13 - 19 BET
takes No.1 spot on Top 25 and most watched cable network title
Raschanda L. Hall named as Business Wire's Global
Media Relations Manager
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 13 - 19 Primetime:
Family Secrets again lifts ABC to No.1; CBS most watched net
Bay State Banner publisher to accept loan offer from
Boston development fund
Top 25 largest advertisers in black-targeted media
lowered Q1 spending
African Americans lost ground in the boardrooms of
Fortune 500 companies
Boston mayor offers $200,000 loan to Bay State
Banner through development fund
TBS orders episodes of Ice Cube sitcom 'Are We There
Yet?' from Debmar-Mercury
Citadel promotes Mike Love to Sr. Director of Programming
for urban division
Harvard's Charles Ogeltree forms investor group to
rescue Bay State Banner
D.L. Hughley to host morning show on New York's
Kiss-FM radio
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of July 6 - 12 Tyler
Perry returns to top of the cable chart with 'Browns' and 'Payne'
Arbitron releases Miami PPM data despite lawsuit
filed by Florida attorney general
Black TV Ratings for Week of July 6 - 12 Focus on
Michael Jackson lifts ABC's Primetime Family Secrets to No.1 spot
AllHipHop.com, Track Entertainment partner on new
urban interactive division
Black, Hispanic broadcasters make direct appeal to
Treasury Sec. for financial help
Philadelphia radio stations weather hard times with
cutbacks, double shifts
Ratings for televised Michael Jackson memorial
service were off the wall
IMAGES USA campaign for Amtrak-Pullman Porter
tribute takes top PR honor
Black Cable TV Ratings for Wk. of June 29 - July 5
BET holds on to No.1 with 'Tiny & Toya' reality series; TBS top cable network
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 29 - July 5
Between Michael Jackson's death and memorial black TV viewing stayed high
Census ad campaign dollars 'not enough' black
newspaper publishers say
2009 ESSENCE Music Festival sets new record with
more than 428,000 attendees
Frederick Sengstacke, former publisher of Chicago
Defender, is dead at age 90
Black newspaper publishers resort to creativity to
keep doors open
Ariel/Hewitt study shows ethnic disparities in
401(k) saving, investing behaviors
TV One to launch weekly one hour public affairs show
with Roland Martin this fall
Chicago Defender captures top award in 2009 NNPA
Merit Contest
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 22 - 28 BET
Awards' Michael Jackson tribute pulls a record 8.5 million viewers
CBC presses White House for Black Press stimulus
dollars, fairness in advertising
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 22 - 28 Death of
Michael Jackson drives black viewers to news programs
Study finds racial differences in reaction to
coverage of Michael Jackson's death
Vibe magazine shuts down suddenly; Quincy Jones
announces plans to buy it
JUNE
2009
Three days after Michael Jackson's death, revamped
BET Awards airs major tribute
Essence Music Festival a bright spot for tourism
industry this summer
The death of Michael Jackson, "The King of Pop,"
dominates global media
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 15 - 21
'Meet the Browns' stays locked at No.1; 'Hawthorne' posts strong debut
Liquid Soul Media wins EFFIE Award for marketing
campaign on CNN special
GlobalHue Africanic names Najoh Tita-Reid Sr. VP and
Damien Reid VP
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 15 - 21 Fox's
"Think You Can Dance" steps up to No.1; CBS dominates as top network
The Ebony Experiment founders discuss "buy black"
initiative at MAAX Summit
BET Partners, Yahoo! partner to feature exclusive
content from 'BET AWARDS '09'
ESSENCE.com, Covergirl Queen Collection partner on
digital makeover tool
Met Life study: African Americans putting greater
emphasis on financial security
Ad agencies launch Project MC, using social
networking to promote growth
Alliance for Workplace Excellence awards Equals
Three Communications
Joint Center names Dr. Nicol Turner Lee VP of Media
and Technology Institute
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 8 - 14 TBS
and "Meet the Browns" settle in their No.1 position on cable's Top 25
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 8 - 14 The NBA
Finals again lift ABC to dominance over the Top 25 TV chart
Kizart Media Partners, NABOB introduce The Power of
Urban Radio Forum
CBC presses White House for Black Press stimulus
dollars, advertising fairness
UniWorld hires Anthony Robinson as Sr. Account Dir.
on Marine Corps account
Queen Latifah to host My Black Is Beautiful Show
following BET Awards
Nielsen names Cheryl Pearson-McNeil to new Senior VP
position
TV One's election coverage receives "Best Practices"
Award from NABJ
Sheryl Flowers, executive producer with Tavis Smiley
Show, loses cancer battle
Former GM marketing exec Mike Jackson blasts
stifling of 'passion and creativity'
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of June 1 - 7 Cable
passes broadcast by 20 million black viewers thanks to NBA Playoffs
Today marks the farewell of analog TV and the start
of digital's possibilities
N'Digo marks 20th year as one of the leading
African-American weeklies
Ford becomes the exclusive automotive partner of the
Essence Music Festival
Burrell Communications names Don Moore to head new
digital division
RushmoreDrive to shut down after Sahara Media
purchase offer is rejected
Following protests over Obama cartoon, News Corp. forms
diversity council
Robert Fitzgerald joins GlobalHue as Executive Vice
President - Media Director
Black TV Ratings for Week of June 1 - 7 ABC rides
the NBA Finals to No.1 show and most watched network title
'American Legacy' publisher moves on from 14-year
relationship with 'Forbes'
NBC News launches TheGrio.com, an African American
'video-centric' Web site
Real Content Group and AllHipHop.com create
AllHipHop Mobile platform
Jamila Hunter to head programming at The Oprah Winfrey
Network
Kevin M. Williams returns to Matlock ad agency as
EVP & Managing Director
BET Networks acquires 'The Wendy Williams Show' for
cable starting July 13
Coca-Cola partners with BET this summer on
African-American teens promotion
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 25 - 31 Cable
passes broadcast by 20 million black viewers thanks to NBA Playoffs
Baltimore launching tourism promotion to lure more
African-American visitors
Illinois Lottery awards Burrell multi-year contract
worth $6.4 million
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 25 - 31 CBS, most
watched network, takes over a Top 25 without 'Idol,' or 'Dancing'
Emil Wilbekin joins Essence.com leadership team as
managing editor
Radio execs hear passionate pleas from musicians on
royalties legislation
Interactive One names Sheryl Goldstein to new
position of SVP of Sales
Smart marketers recognize the changing African
American demographics
Arbitron misses benchmarks on blacks, Hispanics in
big markets in April
Philadelphia Tribune, oldest African American
newspaper, marks 125th year
MAY
2009
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 18 - 24 It's
repeat the past week for NBA on cable; Playoffs make TNT top network
U.S. Census chief tells why African-American count
is critical to success
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 18 - 24 The NBA
breaks records with Playoffs viewership; CBS stays top network
Papers of 'Chicago Defender' founding family donated
to Chicago Public Library
Upfront Fall TV lineup includes LL Cool J, Michael
Straham, Wanda Sykes
LAGRANT Foundation to award $100,000 to 15 ethnic
minority college students
Sanders\Wingo recognized as Advertising Agency of
the Year by Black Enterprise
GlobalHue regains account for the Bermuda Department
of Tourism as AOR
Essence unveils fourth installment in it Smart
Beauty series of research findings
RITE AID chain promoting its beauty departments to
African-American women
Sonya McNair Is named Vice President, Communications
for CBS News
Democrats urge Treasury Dept. rescue for
minority-owned broadcasters
Bob Johnson says cable channel plans unchanged by
ION's bankruptcy filing
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 11 - 17 NBA
Playoffs dominate cable favorites; TNT still most popular network
Sheridan's WAMO sale leaves future of black radio in
Pittsburgh in doubt
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 11 - 17 'CSI:
Miami' ranks No.1 in heavy finale week; CBS repeats as top network
DreamWorks Studios acquires rights to Martin Luther
King, Jr. story for bio-pic
FCC opens PPM inquiry citing concerns from Black,
Hispanic broadcasters
RushmoreDrive, Wesley, Brown & Bartle join to push
diversity in executive search
African-Americans are one target for Philadelphia
tourism ad campaign
E. Britton Group, Strategic Vision to study
faith-based consumers' preferences
Nielsen: Ethnic consumers driving future consumer
packaged goods trends
GlobalHue to lead Navy African-American, Asian
marketing and advertising efforts
Latest Census data shows Hispanic growth slowing,
Blacks 14% of population
General Mills, Beyonce join in effort to deliver
meals for Feeding America
Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of May 4 - 10 NBA
Playoffs dominate Top 25 cable chart; TNT is most popular network
5-14-09
Destination DC targets black travelers with
EbonyJet.com dedicated channel 5-14-09
Black TV Ratings for Week of May 4 - 10 "Dancing"
repeats No.1, "Idol" falls again; CBS claims week's top network
5-13-09
Law firm to provide legal counsel to Black Retail
Action Group on advocacy issues
Radio One cites economy, loss of auto ads for big
drop in Q1 net revenue
Essence, CNN partner on 'What Matters' weekly news
segments for black viewers
Vibe Media Group to launch THE MOST, new "urban"
print and online properties
P&G plans to double sales to $175 billion by tapping
into poorer countries
Ford joins with Essence and AOL Latino on women
empowerment initiatives</