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Obama Talks Tough to GOP on Jobs
The president chose Labor Day to promise to challenge Republicans on jobs. Addressing a large crowd of union members in Detroit, Obama promised to put a jobs program before Republicans this Thursday. “We’re going to give them a plan and say, ‘Do you want to create jobs? … Show us what you’ve got.” Last Friday’s…
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Jet Magazine to Add Opinion Pieces
Johnson Publishing Co. plans to address Jet magazine’s competitive disadvantage with Internet publications by adding opinions and perspective pieces to the print magazine, Johnson CEO Desiree Rogers told Journal-isms on Wednesday. “You can curate and have opinions on what happened over the week,” she said. Jet can also offer “more of what you’ve loved all…
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Despite Erykah Badu's Tweet, Motown Hasn't 'Folded'
Billboard reports that after Erykah Badu tweeted “Motown folded” to her more than 300,000 followers on Wednesday afternoon, top executives at Universal have been rushing to reassure fans that while the label is undergoing restructuring in the wake of Sylvia Rhone’s departure last month, it is not going under: At the time of Rhone’s departure,…
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Chauncey Bailey Verdict Hailed as Victory for Journalism
“The murder convictions of two men who killed Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey were hailed Thursday by press-freedom groups and residents of the city for which Bailey reported,” Josh Richman, Kristin J. Bender and Angela Woodall reported for the Chauncey Bailey Project. “Bailey, 57, was the first journalist killed over a domestic story in the…
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Where Did All the Black Journalists Go?
Was It a “Reverse Migration”? American daily newspapers lost 13,500 newsroom jobs from 2007 to 2010, according to the American Society of News Editors. In 2008 alone, employment for nearly 400 black journalists vanished. The next year, newsroom jobs held by black journalists were slashed by an unprecedented 19.2 percent, nearly 6 percentage points higher…
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Grown-Up Black TV Network Being Shopped
Broadcasting & Cable reports that a group of investors, including former FCC Commissioner Tyrone Brown, TIAA-CREF CEO Roger Ferguson, syndicated columnist Clarence Page, and former GE and NBC executive Paul Besson are backing the launch of a new African-American-targeted cable and satellite net, the Black Heritage Network (BHN). Former WUSA-TV GM Richard Reingold, who will…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
It’s official. The holiday reception season has started in the nation’s capital. Politicos, local entrepreneurs, Hill staff and socialites will be all around town in the next three weeks participating in social-philanthropic events. Politicos, Capitol Hill staffers, journalists and White House appointees gathered at L2 Lounge in Georgetown to network and toast the holidays. Here,…
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National Urban League Accuses Dayton, Ohio, Affiliate of Fiscal Mismanagement
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that the National Urban League released an e-mail saying that the closing of Ohio’s Dayton Urban League was triggered by “mismanagement and financial errors,” and the local affiliate had a gross lack of leadership in a “bristling” response to questions submitted by the Dayton Daily News. In an e-mail…
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Obama's Slashed a Dollar for Every Dollar He's Spent
According to calculations of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, the president has slashed a dollar of spending for every dollar he’s spent on government programs, making myths of his “spending illness” seem pretty ridiculous: So far, the Obama administration has pushed for six major, immediate spending increases that aren’t offset elsewhere in the budget: the…
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Tweets Drive News of Teena Marie's Death
Updated on December 27, 5:18 pm ET. R&B singer Teena Marie died at age 54, it was reported Sunday night, and the news spread by e-mail and by social-media tools such as Twitter before the mainstream media had a chance to catch up. But it was old-school reporting that enabled Roland Martin, the analyst for…