President Barack Obama says the passage of his new jobs bill will help improve America's troubled economy.
For more than a month, Grammy-winning rapper Killer Mike and BET have been at stalemate over the video for his single "Burn."
If you got your ideas about young black people just from the entertainment industry, you'd think they were all players and baby mamas -- and you'd be sorely mistaken.
I'll be honest, I love reality TV.
A mix up between a computer tablet and a teleprompter during Sunday's BET Awards created an awkward moment that reminded viewers of Chris Brown's domestic violence conviction on a night that otherwise was Brown's triumph.
Chris Brown was a big winner at the BET Awards, and the stars sound off about his success and troubles.
Rihanna's "Man Down" video was the motivation for Industry Ears -- a media watchdog group I co-founded -- to recently join forces with the Parents Television Council to hold media corporations, in this case Black Entertainment Television, accountable. We argued that the graphic violence aired in the video was inappropriate for the age group that makes up nearly half of BET's "106 & Park" video show's audience: 12- to 17-year-olds.
The music video for Rihanna's newest single, "Man Down," is "an inexcusable, shock-only, shoot-and-kill theme song" that should not be aired on television, according to a group that campaigns against violence on TV.
A new Rihanna music video sparks controversy over its depiction of murder.
Two men have been arrested in the death of a popular television and radio disc jockey who was shot to death on Staten Island early Sunday morning, according to New York City police.
A popular television and radio DJ was shot to death in Staten Island early Sunday morning, according to New York City police.
Radio and television DJ Corey McGriff, also known as "DJ Megatron", was killed in New York. Affiliate WABC reports.
CNN's Michelle Wright reports on a movie making renaissance taking place in the Atlanta area.
It is an unlikely venue for the renaissance of film production in the Deep South. Lakewood Fairgrounds are sadly dilapidated, overrun with kudzu, located in a poor, rundown part of Atlanta.
Businessman Bob Johnson is extending his empire onto the African continent with a gleaming new "first" class hotel in Liberia.
Billionaire businessman Bob Johnson has chosen Liberia for his latest venture, the country's first top class hotel.
Billionaire businessman Bob Johnson has chosen Liberia for his latest venture, the country's first top class hotel.
"Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Fabolous also in the running
In 2003, the BET Awards had a priceless moment when Michael Jackson surprised his idol, James Brown, by showing up on stage where the duo thrilled the audience with an electrifying performance.
A new study that surveyed racial attitudes suggests that racial prejudices could tip the balance in the upcoming presidential election.
West emerges as the show's It Boy, plus Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys and Halle Berry are honored
BET founder and Hillary Clinton supporter Bob Johnson speaks in Columbia, South Carolina, about Sens. Clinton and Obama.
The founder and former CEO of Black Entertainment Television apologized Thursday to Sen. Barack Obama for what appeared to be veiled comments this week regarding the Democratic presidential hopeful's acknowledged drug use as a teenager.
Dreamgirls stars Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson led the way at Tuesday's Black Entertainment Television Awards in Los Angeles.
Meet Business 2.0 Magazine's contrarians, 11 business leaders who achieved success by zigging while the rest of the world zagged.
Kate Walsh has plenty of reasons to celebrate this week.
Fortune: The women of Viacomupdated: Wed Oct 11 2006 06:51:00
Viacom's revolving door - goodbye, Toms Freston and Cruise! - places the media giant's large cast of powerful women in a particular spotlight: as stalwart survivors who keep the businesses going am...
Former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton announced Wednesday the recipients of $90 million of Hurricane Katrina relief money, unveiling the grants at the University of New Orleans.
WHEN I SOLD BET to Viacom," says Bob Johnson (a $3 billion transaction, of which Johnson's personal cut was $1.6 billion), "I started asking myself, 'What is your second act? What do you want to do...
It may seem like an obvious question to ask. But when we went to ten of the country's best-known African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic business owners for their views on the changing role ...
By his own admission Robert Johnson got into the cable TV business through "total serendipity." But certainly, what he's achieved since founding Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 1980 has bee...
One day you're scrubbing in the shower or driving in your car--whatever you do to kill time between episodes of The Anna Nicole Show--and suddenly a notion takes shape in your brain. Before you kno...
Websites aimed at affinity groups generally flop. iVillage (for women), HalfthePlanet.com (for the handicapped), and ThirdAge.com (for boomers), all failed to win visitors or profits. African-Ameri...
Bob Johnson knows cable, there's no doubt about that. He started 21 years ago with nothing but borrowed money and an original idea--a cable channel for black viewers--and created one of the most va...
MidAmerican Energy CEO David Sokol was frustrated. Shares of his Midwestern utility surged through the decade, peaking at $40 in the summer of 1997, only to slip to $27 this fall. That's when he an...
Buy. Sell. Or hold. If you're a Wall Street analyst, those are the three legs of your stock-recommendation stool. Of course, we all know it doesn't really work that way. Almost every stock, from Ju...
Thursday, July 30, 1998, was one of those deceptively robust days in the doomed life of the bull market. On that day the Dow rose more than 100 points to climb back above 9000--the last time it wou...
Robert L. Johnson was just another cable lobbyist when in 1979 he brought TCI's John Malone a proposal for a network targeting African-American viewers. Malone agreed to invest $500,000 in return f...
It's hard to believe, but less than a generation ago both sexes considered it somehow unfeminine for a woman to be smart about money. No longer. "The new attitude is, it's not only okay for women t...
The Wall Street investment banking houses are humming into the wee hours, ever grander deals are grabbing ever grander headlines, and, says tobacconist Nat Sherman Inc., sales of premium cigars lik...
If you're a TV viewer who mindlessly flicks through the channels with a remote control, the blazing car pictured above may be a familiar sight. It's a demonstration for Liquid Lustre car wax ($34.9...
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