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Howard Bryant Alleges Racism After Assault Charges “The lawyer for ESPN writer Howard Bryant, who was arrested Saturday on charges that he assaulted his wife and a police officer, said Monday that police overreacted to the situation because it involved a black man and a white woman,” Fred Contrada reported Monday for the Springfield (Mass.)…

In New Arrangement, No Commitment to Co-Host of Color “CNN is reformatting ‘Parker Spitzer’ as an ensemble program with Eliot Spitzer — and without Kathleen Parker, who has been his co-host for the last four months,” Brian Stelter reported Friday for the New York Times. The development leaves room for a person of color to…

How many writers get to explore the origins of their name for an international audience? You do if you’re Jesse Washington, the Associated Press writer on race and ethnicity, and it’s the weekend of the Washington’s Birthday holiday (also known as Presidents Day). “George Washington’s name is inseparable from America, and not only from the…

Most Women Pictured Seem to Be Wearing Wigs or Weaves The new issue of Essence magazine, delivered during Black History Month, might as well be renamed “Wigs and Weaves.” The overwhelming number of images show black women wearing hair that isn’t naturally theirs or doesn’t seem to be. The good news is that Essence says…

 Black, Latino, Asian Coalition Holds Protest at Google “Saying the Silicon Valley tech industry needs to do a better job of hiring native-born blacks, Latinos and some other minority groups, minority leaders picketed Google’s Mountain View headquarters [Thursday], asking the Internet giant and other large valley companies to disclose their workplace diversity data,” Mike Swift reported…

The world will not soon forget the scene in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square on Friday, the day that President Hosni Mubarak announced he was stepping down from his 30-year rule after 18 days of protests. “This is what freedom looks like,” NBC’s Ron Allen shouted from the square, surrounded by celebrants. “This is the moment…

NBA Hall of Famer Says, “We Will Redefine Vibe Holdings as the Center of Influence for the Coveted Urban Audience” “Magic Johnson Enterprises and Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. have agreed to invest in Vibe Holdings LLC, the parent company of Vibe magazine and the music-and-dance TV show ‘Soul Train,’ in a deal that will install…

Huffington Takes Control of Black Voices, AOL Latino, Patch “In one of the biggest digital publishing deals in recent memory, AOL has agreed to pay $315 million for the Huffington Post, the pioneering web-only newspaper co-founded by Arianna Huffington,” as Edmund Lee reported early Monday for AdAge.com. “The deal is AOL CEO Tim Armstrong’s latest…

Angela Burt-Murray Out at HuffPost’s Black Project Former Essence magazine editor Angela Burt-Murray, who was point person for the Huffington Post’s new project targeting African Americans, has left the project, Derek J. Murphy, chief operating officer of the venture, told Journal-isms on Thursday. “I’m currently managing staff recruiting and site development with our partnership team.…

Mark Whitaker has jumped ship from NBC News, where as vice president he was the highest-ranking person of color, to CNN, where he will hold that same distinction. Whitaker was named to the newly created position of executive vice president and managing editor, reporting directly to Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide, CNN announced on…