IN HIS RECENT op-ed, Minister Rodney Muhammad feigns bewilderment over the charge, by the Southern Poverty Law Center and others, that the Nation of Islam is a hate group.In the spirit of Hamas and other such organizations who emphasize their "social welfare component" while hoping the public will ignore the...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kimberly Ayers Shariff, former associate general counsel at Black Entertainment Television, LLC BET, has been named deputy general counsel of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., in New York City. In the post she will assist in managing all legal aspects of the center's activities that...
Percy Zachary, 80, the first Black player at the University of Minnesota to be named All-Big Ten, in Minneapolis ... Terry Armour, 46, an entertainment writer at the Chicago Tribune who was a former sportswriter noted for his coverage of the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, after falling ill at...
ABOUT BET Launched: January 25, 1980, by Robert Johnson. Sold in 2001 to Viacom for $3.5 billion. Reach: BET is on the cable lineup in nearly 85 million U.S. homes Audience: Target demographic is Blacks and those interested in Black culture, 18-34 Revenues: Viacom won't release...
In June, Robert L. Johnson, the billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television, gave the commencement address for one of the largest predominantly Black colleges in the greater Washington, D.C., area. Johnson told his overwhelmingly minority audience that they had accomplished more than the average graduate. "You've done everything every...
The recent Michael Richards and Don Imus episodes, assaulting historical Black sensibilities by using offensive terms like the N-word and h*, has caused the nation to reassess what language is appropriate enough for the public domain. Understand that the airwaves where we now hear and view many of the social...
To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: Xina Eiland, +1-202-321-8022, for RLJ Companies BETHESDA, Md., May 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert L. Johnson, Chairman and CEO of the RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television, along with his colleague, Morris Goldfarb, Chairman and CEO of G-III Apparel Group, contributed $100,000 to the Liberian Education...
Black Entertainment Television will take on traditional Sunday-morning broadcast and cable news shows with a revamped version of issues-oriented talker Meet the Faith , beginning June 3. The 11 a.m. series is the hallmark of the network's year-long restructuring of its news department that is...
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Xina Eiland, +1-202-321-8022, xinae@verizon.net, for The RLJ Companies MONROVIA, Liberia, April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert L. Johnson, chairman of the RLJ Companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television, departed Liberia today having led a 25 person delegation of prominent African Americans. The delegation included Oscar winning actress...
It has been very pleasurable reading the stories of the New York hero Wesley Autrey and his death-defying rescue of a stricken victim in the subway ("New York City cheers death-defying rescuer," News, Thursday; "New York City honors hero," News, Friday). Men such as Autrey are an inspiration and remind...
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, agreed to donate her private jet to transport four rare Stradivarius string instruments from their home at the Smithsonian in Washington. D.C.. to the University of Illinois, John son's alma mater. Most recently, Johnson donated $5 million to the University of Virginia's Curry...
IN NEW YORK CITY, Ebony Fashion Fair models pose with Rocsi and Terrance, the hosts of Black Entertainment Television's BET No. 1 show, 106 & Park. During the models' visit, Ebony Fashion Fair commentator Jada Collins was interviewed on the show. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Pinnacle Entertainment's addition of billionaire black businessman Robert L. Johnson to its ownership group will not count in the competition for a Philadelphia casino license, state gambling regulators said yesterday. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television and owner of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, this week signed an agreement that...
Phelps Sprinkle knows some parents might cringe at what his Charlotte-based business does: It helps customers get their messages into classrooms. But these aren't advertising messages. Topics Education Group LLC helps companies such as New York-based Citigroup develop educational materials on financial literacy. It also created...
This project is an investigation of Ebony Jr.!, a popular periodical targeting an audience of Black children in the five to eleven-age range. It was published by Johnson Publishing Company from 1973 until 1985, and combined elements of popular culture, Black history and culture, and an elementary school curriculum. After...
Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, and the founders of independent-film giant, Miramax, are joining together to form a movie company to distribute family comedies featuring Black characters. RLJ Cos. LLC and the Weinstein Co. reported recently they will launch Our Stories Films to produce and acquire...
Pasadena, Calif.-- After a year on the job, Black Entertainment Television president of entertainment Reginald Hudlin has helped the network achieve record ratings performances among African-American households. And at last week's Television Critics Association Tour presentation, his lineup of upcoming original reality programming might...
BET J will premiere the video for "Get Away," the first single from CHASING FOREVER, the highly anticipated debut album from Siri Music recording artist Jeremiah, July 16, at 12pm and 10pm ET on the network's "The List." The show will have repeat airings on July 21 at 1pm and...
Author Casts Black Sports Stars as Powerless Serfs Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete By William C. Rhoden (Crown, $23.95) Two propositions. (1.) Athletes are athletes. They are yood at what they do, but they aren't and don't have the backgrounds to be...
Washington-- Black Entertainment Television is investing $8 million in a multiplatform strategy designed to support its tentpole event of the year, the BET Awards. "We always support it heavily," said Brucetta Williams, vice president, off-channel marketing and promotions, noting that the network wants a ratings...
